FILE-FLASH -- Snort has detected suspicious traffic via the Adobe Flash Player. Flash is a common target of code execution, overflow, DoS, and memory corruption attacks in particular, via swifs, action scripts, etc. Many networks block Flash altogether; the application will be deprecated in 2020.
FILE-FLASH Adobe Flash Player AVM type confusion attempt
This event is generated when a type confusion is detected in Adobe Flash Player. Impact: Attempted User Privilege Gain Details: Ease of Attack:
No public information
No known false positives
Cisco Talos Intelligence Group
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For reference, see the MITRE ATT&CK vulnerability types here: https://attack.mitre.org
CVE-2018-15981Flash Player versions 31.0.0.148 and earlier have a type confusion vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. |
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