Security Alert (A15-05-04): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Reader/Acrobat

Description:

Security updates are released for Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Reader/Acrobat to address multiple vulnerabilities caused by memory corruption, heap overflow, use-after-free or security bypass issues. To successfully exploit the vulnerabilities, a remote attacker could entice a targeted user to open a specially crafted web page, Flash file, PDF file, or document that supports embedded Flash content.

Affected Systems:

• Adobe Flash Player 17.0.0.169 or earlier 17.x versions
• Adobe Flash Player 13.0.0.281 or earlier 13.x versions
• Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.457 or earlier 11.x versions
• AIR Desktop Runtime 17.0.0.144 or earlier 17.x versions
• AIR SDK and SDK & Compiler 17.0.0.144 or earlier 17.x versions
• Adobe Reader/Acrobat XI 11.0.10 or earlier 11.x versions
• Adobe Reader/Acrobat X 10.1.13 or earlier 10.x versions

Impact:

Depending on the vulnerability exploited, a successful attack could lead to arbitrary code execution, security restrictions bypass, information disclosure or potentially take control of the affected system.

Recommendation:

Upgrade Adobe Flash Player and Acrobat Reader/Acrobat to the following versions to address the issues. The upgrade can be obtained by using the auto-update mechanism or by downloading at the following URLs:

• Adobe Flash Player 17.0.0.188
  http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash
  http://www.adobe.com/products/players/flash-player-distribution.html
  
  
• Adobe Flash Player 13.0.0.289
  http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html
  
  
• Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.460
  http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash
  
  
• Adobe Flash Player 17.0.0.188 for Google Chrome, or Internet Explorer 10 and 11
  http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/
  https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3061904
  
  
• AIR Desktop Runtime, AIR SDK & Compiler 17.0.0.172
  http://get.adobe.com/air/
  http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/air-sdk-download.html
  
  
• Adobe Reader version XI (11.0.11) and X (10.1.14)
  http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows
  http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Macintosh
  
  
• Adobe Acrobat version XI (11.0.11) and X (10.1.14)
  http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Windows
  http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=1&platform=Macintosh
  
  

If you have multiple browsers, you are required to perform the Adobe Flash Player upgrade for each browser, the Flash Player version can be checked at http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

More Information:

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-09.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/reader/apsb15-10.html
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/2755801
https://www.hkcert.org/my_url/en/alert/15051308
https://www.hkcert.org/my_url/en/alert/15051309
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2015/05/12/Adobe-Releases-Security-Updates-Flash-Player-Reader-and-Acrobat
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8452
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9160
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9161
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3044
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3046 (to CVE-2015-3093)