Information disclosure in Adobe products - CVE-2014-0578

 

Information disclosure in Adobe products - CVE-2014-0578

Published: January 30, 2017 / Updated: February 22, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU5473
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0578
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
Adobe AIR
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release
Adobe Flash Player for Linux

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerabiity allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper access control. A remote attacker can bypass the same-origin-policy and gain access to important data.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in information disclosure on the vulnerable system.

How to mitigate CVE-2014-0578

Install update from vendor's website.

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