Adobe Flash Player Vulnerability (CVE-2015-5123)
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2015-5123
Advisory Date: JUL 12, 2015
DESCRIPTION
This is the third zero-day vulnerability disclosed from the Hacking Team leak. It affects all versions of Flash Player for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Once successfully exploited, it could cause a crash and may possibly lead an attacker from taking control of the affected system thus compromising its security. Trend Micro detects this as SWF_EKSPLOYT.EDF.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Vulnerability protection in Trend Micro Deep Security protects user systems from threats that may leverage this vulnerability with the following DPI rule:
- 1006859 - Adobe Flash Player BitmapData Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
SOLUTION
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