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Microsoft CVE-2018-4945: Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player

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Microsoft CVE-2018-4945: Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/07/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/07/2018
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, macOS, Linux and Chrome OS. These updates address critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.171 and earlier versions.  Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.Adobe is aware of a report that an exploit for CVE-2018-5002 exists in the wild, and is being used in limited, targeted attacks against Windows users. These attacks leverage Office documents with embedded malicious Flash Player content distributed via email.

Solution(s)

  • msft-kb4287903-02444398-5e45-4862-865e-0ccdf74c2fec
  • msft-kb4287903-044142bd-7d68-49ef-a0c2-3b86bfecdfdb
  • msft-kb4287903-15fd34e4-1d19-4bf8-a199-b624907c345e
  • msft-kb4287903-2f5b3ec5-62cf-4212-af62-697b3728d3b9
  • msft-kb4287903-33998909-2d50-46d5-bfe2-fab4499083cb
  • msft-kb4287903-5ed623a6-bb6f-431e-b4b3-4745fbb5da43
  • msft-kb4287903-6c1df1b0-e8da-4ba4-ac75-58063dad9d08
  • msft-kb4287903-6d0af0ad-0b9a-4267-838a-6dd1a309d277
  • msft-kb4287903-8ddac21d-9e25-43fd-bef1-1faec2091dd6
  • msft-kb4287903-9833bca9-0171-4fa6-a5d4-c37547b41f6c
  • msft-kb4287903-9cfe5e9c-11de-453c-a88e-ae2c74206016
  • msft-kb4287903-a4d96d35-ffa1-45b3-b2f1-927f03db4d1d
  • msft-kb4287903-b569ee78-8ec2-4357-9749-e146e39b3f90
  • msft-kb4287903-bbb15af2-b9fc-4db2-aa72-e46b34421d6d
  • msft-kb4287903-c1f66078-349b-480b-aaa8-657f132c90a8
  • msft-kb4287903-d2d4c471-177d-46dc-a784-8810c71f200a
  • msft-kb4287903-d6ab9db3-3806-4f94-8bf5-08c068e2effd

References

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