Type confusion in Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Flash Player for Linux - CVE-2013-5331

Vulnerability identifier: #VU4751

CSH Severity: Critical

CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5331

CWE-ID: CWE-843

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to type confusion error. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web site or . swf file, trick the victim into visiting it and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.

Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Flash Player for Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation

Install update from vendor's website.

• Exploit #793 - Adobe Flash Player - Type Confusion Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (March 18, 2020)
• Exploit #1717 - Adobe Flash Player Type Confusion Remote Code Execution (March 18, 2020)

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb13-28.html

• Two remote code execution vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player
• SUSE Linux update for flash-player
• Red Hat update for flash-plugin