Type confusion in Adobe products - CVE-2016-4117

Vulnerability identifier: #VU5129

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-2016-4117

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 when processing .swf files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web site, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.

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

Install update from vendor's website.

• Exploit #6037 - Adobe Flash Player - DeleteRangeTimelineOperation Type Confusion (Metasploit) (June 17, 2021)
• Exploit #1538 - Adobe Flash Player DeleteRangeTimelineOperation Type-Confusion (March 18, 2020)

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-15.html

• Remote code execution in Adobe Flash Player
• Microsoft Security Update for Adobe Flash Player
• Arch Linux update for lib32-flashplugin
• Arch Linux update for flashplugin
• Gentoo update for Adobe Flash Player
• OpenSUSE Linux update for flash-player
• OpenSUSE Linux update for flash-player
• OpenSUSE Linux update for flash-player
• SUSE Linux update for flash-player
• Red Hat update for flash-plugin