Security Alert (A18-01-08): Vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player

Description:

Adobe released a security update to address a vulnerability found in the Adobe Flash Player.  To successfully exploit the vulnerability, a remote attacker could entice a targeted user to open a specially crafted Flash file, web page or document that supports embedded Flash content.

Affected Systems:

• Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime for Windows, Macintosh and Linux 28.0.0.126 and earlier versions
• Adobe Flash Player for Google Chrome 28.0.0.126 and earlier versions
• Adobe Flash Player for Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11 28.0.0.126 and earlier versions

Impact:

A successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure on an affected system.

Recommendation:

Upgrade Adobe Flash Player to the following versions to address the issues. The upgrade can be obtained by using the auto-update mechanism or by downloading at the following URLs:

• Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime 28.0.0.137 for Windows and Macintosh
  https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
  http://www.adobe.com/products/players/flash-player-distribution.html
  
  
• Adobe Flash Player 28.0.0.137 for Google Chrome
  https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/
  
  
• Adobe Flash Player 28.0.0.137 for Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11
  https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance
  
  
• Adobe Flash Player 28.0.0.137 for Linux
  https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
  
  

If you have multiple browsers, you are required to perform the Adobe Flash Player upgrade for each browser, the Flash Player version can be checked at

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/about/

More Information:

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-01.html
https://www.hkcert.org/my_url/en/alert/18011002
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2018/01/09/Adobe-Releases-Security-Updates-Flash-Player
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-4871