CVE-2015-3081

Flash Broker-Based - Sandbox Escape via Timing Attack Against File Moving

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

16.7%

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Race condition in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.289 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.188 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.460 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 17.0.0.172, Adobe AIR SDK before 17.0.0.172, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 17.0.0.172 allows attackers to bypass the Internet Explorer Protected Mode protection mechanism via unspecified vectors.

Condición de carrera en Adobe Flash Player anterior a 13.0.0.289 y 14.x hasta 17.x anterior a 17.0.0.188 en Windows y OS X y anterior a 11.2.202.460 en Linux, Adobe AIR anterior a 17.0.0.172, Adobe AIR SDK anterior a 17.0.0.172, y Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler anterior a 17.0.0.172 permite a atacantes evadir el mecanismo de protección del modo protegido de Internet Explorer a través de vectores no esp3ecificados.

FlashBroker is vulnerable to NTFS junction attack to write an arbitrary file to the filesystem under user permissions. There is a race condition in FlashBroker BrokerMoveFileEx method. This race can be won by using an oplock to wait for the point where the BrokerMoveFileEx method opens the original file and then making destination to be a junction.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-04-09 CVE Reserved
2015-05-13 CVE Published
2015-08-19 First Exploit
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bi...	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/...	Vdb Entry

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URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/133159	2015-08-19
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/133169	2015-08-21
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37842	2024-08-06

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URL	Date	SRC
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/aps...	2017-09-17

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URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-...	2017-09-17
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-...	2017-09-17
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-...	2017-09-17
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-02	2017-09-17

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions (38)

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 11.2.202.475 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 11.2.202.475"	-	Affected	in	Linux Search vendor "Linux"	Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 13.0.0.264 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 13.0.0.264"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	<= 13.0.0.264 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version " <= 13.0.0.264"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	14.0.0.125 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version "14.0.0.125"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	14.0.0.125 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version "14.0.0.125"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	14.0.0.145 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version "14.0.0.145"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	14.0.0.145 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version "14.0.0.145"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	14.0.0.176 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version "14.0.0.176"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	14.0.0.176 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version "14.0.0.176"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Flash Player Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player"	14.0.0.179 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Flash Player" and version "14.0.0.179"	-	Affected	in	Apple Search vendor "Apple"	Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"	-	-	Safe

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