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Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2016-0984

Flash Player

Adobe / Flash Player

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Severity
CVSS 8.8 · High
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
54.5%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

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What it is

CVE-2016-0984 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player. Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X and before...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed. Listed in CISA KEV.

Who is affected?

Adobe / Flash Player.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Flash Player

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.329 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.306 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.569 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.260, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.260, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.260 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0973, CVE-2016-0974, CVE-2016-0975, CVE-2016-0982, and CVE-2016-0983.

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Published
10 Feb 2016
Exploitation Reported
25 May 2022
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required

Tags

cisa linux windows

CVE References

  • CVE Record CVE.org · CVE Record https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0984
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0400 lists.opensuse.org · Vendor Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00027...
  • GLSA-201603-07 security.gentoo.org · Vendor Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-07
  • RHSA-2016:0166 rhn.redhat.com · Vendor Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0166.html
  • openSUSE-SU-2016:0415 lists.opensuse.org · Vendor Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00030...
  • openSUSE-SU-2016:0412 lists.opensuse.org · Vendor Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00029...
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0398 lists.opensuse.org · Vendor Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00025...
  • 39462 exploit-db.com · Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39462/
  • 1034970 securitytracker.com · VDB Entry http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034970
  • helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html helpx.adobe.com · CVE Record https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-04.html

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 25 May 2022

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2022-05-25 00:00 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

No Previdian virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

8.8 High

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

54.5%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Use After Free CWE-416

All CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1 8.8 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 9.3 High

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 00:00 UTC

    Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  2. 20:00 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  3. 00:00 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 8.8,
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  "exploit_status": {
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  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
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