CVE-2017-11292 in Red Hat and Adobe Products
Published on October 22, 2017
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Adobe Flash Player Type Confusion Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Adobe Flash Player contains a type confusion vulnerability which can allow for remote code execution.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by March 24, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2017-11292 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is an Object Type Confusion Vulnerability?
The program allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.
CVE-2017-11292 has been classified to as an Object Type Confusion vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
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