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Microsoft CVE-2018-4878: Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player

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Microsoft CVE-2018-4878: Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/08/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/08/2018
Modified
05/03/2022

Description

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Chrome OS. These updates address critical vulnerabilities that could lead to remote code execution in Adobe Flash Player 28.0.0.137 and earlier versions.  Successful exploitation could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.   Adobe is aware of a report that an exploit for CVE-2018-4878 exists in the wild, and is being used in limited, targeted attacks against Windows users.  These attacks leverage Office documents with embedded malicious Flash content distributed via email. 

Solution(s)

  • msft-kb4074595-0948ecc4-3c6b-40f6-b659-ae57bdcf67c2
  • msft-kb4074595-0c3b58a4-58ef-4a58-a55f-6795d7f97491
  • msft-kb4074595-0d57afc3-b5c7-4054-8f06-753c29fbe39a
  • msft-kb4074595-23e30916-ba3b-415b-b956-5dee7fb7b9c7
  • msft-kb4074595-244f88af-70eb-4d8d-9903-eb8bc8c803c7
  • msft-kb4074595-5042ba60-246a-451e-9c5f-88c1b2cbf525
  • msft-kb4074595-59a665e5-0e41-4c6f-b94d-6f3c3f2a1287
  • msft-kb4074595-754b5889-2e01-40cc-8833-edf86b35541f
  • msft-kb4074595-8aed0fec-3052-4f2d-babf-63c20f9f2076
  • msft-kb4074595-915295d5-02ca-4edd-89f1-35d102052e35
  • msft-kb4074595-952f49d7-4e14-4d94-9ce0-4532776d0b43
  • msft-kb4074595-c1a8ffe4-be8f-4ca6-b232-25181bb03ac0
  • msft-kb4074595-c700e536-d97b-4218-88b8-653cf45e9b46
  • msft-kb4074595-cfb0db30-0ae0-4d4c-ace9-d85c9f94293c
  • msft-kb4074595-d5ca8cb7-7a03-411e-85ae-9d5712643fd2
  • msft-kb4074595-ee8c71e1-5e92-4606-9d26-f35ac7843a62
  • msft-kb4074595-f22535a7-5853-4c65-91af-b1f1425d9f80

References

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