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CVE-2018-5002 – Adobe Flash Player Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Alert!
08 June 2018

CVE-2018-5002 – Adobe Flash Player Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Alert!

Written by Sameer Patil
Sameer Patil
Adobe, Malware, Security

The recent zero-day vulnerability CVE-2018-5002 in Adobe Flash Player enables attackers to perform a Remote Code Execution on targeted machines. Adobe has released a security advisory APSB18-19 on June 7, 2018 to address this issue. According to Adobe, the in-wild exploit is being used in limited, targeted attacks and it impacts limited Windows users.

Seqrite detection

Seqrite has released the following detection for the vulnerability CVE-2018-5002:

  • Exp.SWF.CVE-2018-5002
  • Exp.XLS.CVE-2018-5002

Seqrite Security Labs is actively looking for new in-the-wild exploits for this vulnerability and ensuring coverage for them.

To read this post in detail please visit –

https://blogs.quickheal.com/cve-2018-5002-adobe-flash-player-stack-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-alert/

References

  • https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-19.html

 

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