Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU5403

Type confusion in Adobe products - CVE-2015-0356

Published: January 26, 2017

Vulnerability identifier: #VU5403

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-2015-0356

CWE-ID: CWE-843

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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, trick the victim into visiting it and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

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

Affected software

Adobe Flash Player for Linux
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe AIR

How to mitigate CVE-2015-0356

Install update from vendor's website.

External References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-06.html

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