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Microsoft CVE-2018-15983: Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 5, 2018
Added
Dec 10, 2018
Modified
Nov 18, 2021

Description

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, macOS, Linux and Chrome OS. These updates address one critical vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player and one important vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player installer. Successful exploitation could lead to Arbitrary Code Execution and privilege escalation in the context of the current user respectively. Adobe is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2018-15982 exists in the wild.

Solutions

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