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CVE-2018-4878

Estado: AnalizadaAlta (7.8)⚠ Explotación activa

A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161. This vulnerability occurs due to a dangling pointer in the Primetime SDK related to media player handling of listener objects. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution. This was exploited in the wild in January and February 2018.

CVSS

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

CISA KEV — explotada activamente

🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK

Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.

Vulnerabilidad use-after-free (CWE-416) en Flash Player con AV:L, UI:R y privescalation implícita; explotación local con ejecución arbitraria confirmada en ataques con ransomware activo.

Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.

🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas

Restrict Web-Based ContentPrivileged Account ManagementLimit Software InstallationExecution PreventionBehavior Prevention on EndpointDisable or Remove Feature or Program

Tecnologías afectadas (4)

Adobe — Flash PlayerRedhat — Enterprise Linux DesktopRedhat — Enterprise Linux ServerRedhat — Enterprise Linux Workstation

CWE

Referencias

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