SMB: Adobe Flash Player apphelp.dll and dbghelp.dll Dll-load Exploit Attempt

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Adobe Flash Player. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Extended Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.242 and earlier, as used in the Adobe Flash libraries in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge, has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than other CVEs listed in MS16-083.

Affected Products

Opensuse opensuse

References

CVE: CVE-2016-4140

Short Name
SMB:EXPLOIT:ADOBE-FLASH-DLL-CE
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
None
Category
SMB
Keywords
Adobe Attempt CVE-2016-4140 Dll-load Exploit Flash Player and apphelp.dll dbghelp.dll
Release Date
08/26/2016
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
3590
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Opensuse

Suse

Redhat

CVSS Score

9.3

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