Assessment
Why it matters
CISA lists this vulnerability as known to be exploited; exploitation is confirmed; EPSS is 68.4%; technical severity is CVSS 7.8.
Adobe Flash Player 18.x through 18.0.0.252 and 19.x through 19.0.0.207 on Windows and OS X and 11.x through 11.2.202.535 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SWF file, as exploited in the wild in October 2015.
Who should care
- Teams operating Flash Player, Evergreen, Opensuse +7 more
- Vulnerability and exposure management teams
- Security operations teams monitoring exploitation activity
Response plan
What I would do
- Confirm whether Flash Player, Evergreen, Opensuse +7 more is present in the environment.
- Identify affected versions and establish whether vulnerable services are exposed or reachable.
- Adobe Security patch Apsa15 05
- Review relevant security telemetry for evidence of attempted or successful exploitation.
- Document the remediation decision and track it to verified completion.
Treatment intelligence
Remediation intelligence
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Technical details
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- Not classified
- Affected versions
- Adobe Flash Player (Start Including 18.0.0.160, End Including 18.0.0.252 | Version 19.0.0.185 | Version 19.0.0.207 | End Including 11.2.202.535); Opensuse Evergreen (Version 11.4); Opensuse Opensuse (Version 13.1 | Version 13.2); Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop (Version 5.0 | Version 6.0); Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus (Version 6.7); Redhat Enterprise Linux Server (Version 5.0 | Version 6.0); Redhat Enterprise Linux Server From Rhui (Version 5.0 | Version 6.0); Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation (Version 5.0 | Version 6.0)
- Fixed versions
- No explicit fixed version is currently recorded.
- Published
- 15 October 2015
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
Signal timeline
- CVE published
- Added to CISA KEV
- Latest EPSS score: 68.4%
- Signal calculated at 82
External references
- Red Hat Third-party advisory RHSA 2015 1913
- Red Hat Third-party advisory RHSA 2015 2024
- CISA Government advisory CVE-2015-7645
- Blog Trendmicro Technical reference New Adobe Flash Zero Day Used In Pawn Storm Campaign
- Lists Opensuse Third-party advisory Msg00015
- Lists Opensuse Third-party advisory Msg00016
- Lists Opensuse Third-party advisory Msg00017
- Lists Opensuse Third-party advisory Msg00018
- Packetstormsecurity Third-party advisory Adobe Flash IExternalizable.writeExternal Type Confusion
- Securityfocus Third-party advisory
- Securitytracker Third-party advisory 1033850
- Security Gentoo Third-party advisory 201511 02