Adobe Flash Player And AIR CVE-2014-8442 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:71040

Info

Adobe Flash Player And AIR CVE-2014-8442 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 71040
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2014-8442
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 11 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 24 2014 01:01AM
Credit: Behrang Fouladi and Axel Souchet of Microsoft Vulnerability Research
Vulnerable: Gentoo Linux
Adobe Flash Player 10.1.53 .64
Adobe Flash Player 10.1.51 .66
Adobe Flash Player 10.0.45 2
Adobe Flash Player 10.0.32 18
Adobe Flash Player 10.0.22 .87
Adobe Flash Player 10.0.15 .3
Adobe Flash Player 10.0.12 .36
Adobe Flash Player 10.0.12 .35
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.262
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.246 0
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.152 .0
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.151 .0
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124 .0
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.48.0
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.47.0
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.45.0
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.31.0
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.289.0
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.283.0
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.280
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.28.0
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.277.0
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.262.0
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.260.0
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.246.0
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.159.0
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.155.0
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.115.0
Adobe Flash Player 9
Adobe Flash Player 8.0.35.0
Adobe Flash Player 8.0.34.0
Adobe Flash Player 8
Adobe Flash Player 7.0.73.0
Adobe Flash Player 7.0.70.0
Adobe Flash Player 7.0.69.0
Adobe Flash Player 7.0.68.0
Adobe Flash Player 7.0.67.0
Adobe Flash Player 7.0.66.0
Adobe Flash Player 7.0.61.0
Adobe Flash Player 7.0.60.0
Adobe Flash Player 7.0.53.0
Adobe Flash Player 7.0.24.0
Adobe Flash Player 7.0.19.0
Adobe Flash Player 7.0.14.0
Adobe Flash Player 7
Adobe Flash Player 6.0.79
Adobe Flash Player 6.0.21.0
Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.235
Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.233
Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.229
Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.228
Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.223
Adobe Flash Player 11.1.115.8
Adobe Flash Player 11.1.115.7
Adobe Flash Player 11.1.115.6
Adobe Flash Player 11.1.112.61
Adobe Flash Player 11.1.111.9
Adobe Flash Player 11.1.111.8
Adobe Flash Player 11.1.111.7
Adobe Flash Player 11.1.111.6
Adobe Flash Player 11.1.111.5
Adobe Flash Player 11.1.102.63
Adobe Flash Player 11.1.102.62
Adobe Flash Player 11.1.102.55
Adobe Flash Player 11.1.102.228
Adobe Flash Player 11.0.1.152
Adobe Flash Player 10.3.186.7
Adobe Flash Player 10.3.186.6
Adobe Flash Player 10.3.186.3
Adobe Flash Player 10.3.186.2
Adobe Flash Player 10.3.185.25
Adobe Flash Player 10.3.185.23
Adobe Flash Player 10.3.185.22
Adobe Flash Player 10.3.185.21
Adobe Flash Player 10.3.183.7
Adobe Flash Player 10.3.183.5
Adobe Flash Player 10.3.183.4
Adobe Flash Player 10.3.183.10
Adobe Flash Player 10.3.181.34
Adobe Flash Player 10.3.181.26
Adobe Flash Player 10.3.181.23
Adobe Flash Player 10.3.181.22
Adobe Flash Player 10.3.181.16
Adobe Flash Player 10.3.181.14
Adobe Flash Player 10.2.159.1
Adobe Flash Player 10.2.157.51
Adobe Flash Player 10.2.156.12
Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.28
Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.27
Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.25
Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.24
Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.18
Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.13
Adobe Flash Player 10.2.153.1
Adobe Flash Player 10.2.152.33
Adobe Flash Player 10.2.152.32
Adobe Flash Player 10.2.152.21
Adobe Flash Player 10.2.152
Adobe Flash Player 10.1.95.2
Adobe Flash Player 10.1.95.1
Adobe Flash Player 10.1.92.8
Adobe Flash Player 10.1.92.10
Adobe Flash Player 10.1.85.3
Adobe Flash Player 10.1.82.76
Adobe Flash Player 10.1.52.15
Adobe Flash Player 10.1.52.14.1
Adobe Flash Player 10.1.106.16
Adobe Flash Player 10.1.105.6
Adobe Flash Player 10.1.102.65
Adobe Flash Player 10.1.102.64
Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Release Candida
Adobe Flash Player 10.0.42.34
Adobe Flash Player 10.0.32.18
Adobe Flash Player 10
Adobe AIR 2.0.4
Adobe AIR 2.0.3
Adobe AIR 1.5.3 .9130
Adobe AIR 1.5.3 .9120
Adobe AIR 1.5.3
Adobe AIR 1.5.2
Adobe AIR 1.5.1
Adobe AIR 3.2.0.2080
Adobe AIR 3.2.0.2070
Adobe AIR 3.1.0.4880
Adobe AIR 3.0
Adobe AIR 2.7.1.1961
Adobe AIR 2.7.1
Adobe AIR 2.7
Adobe AIR 2.6.19140
Adobe AIR 2.6.19120
Adobe AIR 2.6
Adobe AIR 2.5.1
Adobe AIR 2.0.3
Adobe AIR 2.0.2.12610
Adobe AIR 2.0.2
Adobe AIR 1.5
Adobe AIR 1.1
Adobe AIR 1.01
Adobe AIR 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Adobe Flash Player And AIR CVE-2014-8442 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player and AIR are prone to a remote privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Remote attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Exploit / POC

Adobe Flash Player And AIR CVE-2014-8442 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

Adobe Flash Player And AIR CVE-2014-8442 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

Adobe Flash Player And AIR CVE-2014-8442 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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