Bug 1656586 (CVE-2018-15983)

Summary:	CVE-2018-15983 flash-plugin: Privilege Escalation vulnerability (APSB18-42)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Tomas Hoger <thoger>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	stransky
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Description Tomas Hoger 2018-12-05 19:04:48 UTC

Adobe Security Bulletin APSB18-42 for Adobe Flash Player describes a flaw that can possibly lead to privilege escalation when Flash Player is used to play a specially crafted SWF file:

Insecure Library Loading (DLL hijacking) -- CVE-2018-15983

External References:

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-42.html

Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2018-12-05 20:10:48 UTC

DLL hijacking would not be applicable to the Linux versions of Adobe Flash Player.