Zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player

Arbitrary code execution
CVE-2013-0648

Vulnerability details

Advisory: SB2013022601 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player

Vulnerable component: Adobe Flash Player

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0648

CVSSv3 score: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Description:

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an error in the ExternalInterface ActionScript feature. A remote attacker can create specially crafted Web site serving malicious Flash (SWF) content, trick the victim into visiting it and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

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

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.

External links:

https://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-08.html
https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/adobe-squashes-two-exploits-in-the-wild-designed-to-target-...
http://www.computerworlduk.com/it-vendors/new-emergency-flash-update-as-hackers-hit-firefox-3428746/
https://blog.basefarm.com/blog/security-updates-available-for-adobe-flash-player-apsb13-08/
http://doa.alaska.gov/ets/security/S_Advisory/sa2013-023.pdf
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/apple/adobe-springs-emergency-flash-update-says-hackers-hitting-firef...
https://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=17093
http://www.totalsofttech.com.ph/adobe-springs-emergency-flash-update-says-hackers-hitting-firefox/
http://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/cve-2013-0648/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/27/adobe_issues_two_critical_flash_vuln_patches/

About zero-day vulnerabilities

Zero-day vulnerability is an undisclosed vulnerability in software that hackers can exploit to compromise computer programs, gain unauthorized access to sensitive data, penetrate networks, etc. We consider vulnerability a zero-day when there is no solution provided from software vendor and the vulnerability is being actively exploited by malicious actors.

Zero-day candidate is a potential zero-day vulnerability in software which might have been used in targeted attacks, however there is no evidence to support this suggestion.