Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU4898

Type confusion in Adobe products - CVE-2016-0985

Published: February 9, 2016 / Updated: September 14, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU4898

CSH Severity: High

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-2016-0985

CWE-ID: CWE-843

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error when processing malicious .swf content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted .SWF file, trick the victim into opening it and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Affected software

Adobe Flash Player for Linux
Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe AIR
Gentoo Linux
Microsoft Windows
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Windows Server

How to mitigate CVE-2016-0985

Update Adobe Flash Player to version 20.0.0.306.
Update Adobe Flash Player for Linux to version 11.2.202.569.
Update Adobe AIR to version 20.0.0.260.
Update Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release to version 18.0.0.329.

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

Exploit #817 - Adobe Flash - textfield Constructor Type Confusion (March 18, 2020)

External References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html