CVE-2014-8442

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2014-11-11
Bugzilla:
1162913: CVE-2014-0583 CVE-2014-8442 flash-plugin: privilege escalation from low to medium integrity level (APSB14-24)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.252 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.223 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.418 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.356, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.356, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.356 allow attackers to complete a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity by leveraging incorrect permissions.

Find out more about CVE-2014-8442 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the linux version of the flash-plugin package.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 5.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 flash-plugin Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 flash-plugin Affected

External References

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