HTTP: Adobe Flash Player CVE-2015-3040 Information Disclosure

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Adobe Flash Player. A successful attack can result in unauthorized information disclosure.

Extended Description

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.281 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux does not properly restrict discovery of memory addresses, which allows attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0357.

Affected Products

Opensuse opensuse

References

CVE: CVE-2015-3040

Short Name
HTTP:STC:ADOBE:CVE-2015-3040-ID
Severity
Minor
Recommended
True
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
Adobe CVE-2015-3040 Disclosure Flash Information Player
Release Date
04/22/2015
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3761
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Opensuse

Suse

Redhat

CVSS Score

5.0

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