Description
This detection identifies exploitation attempts targeting CVE-2015-5122, which has a CRITICAL severity rating. Use-after-free vulnerability in the DisplayObject class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player 13.x through 13.0.0.302 on Windows and OS X, 14.x through 18.0.0.203 on Windows and OS X, 11.x through 11.2.202.481 on Linux, and 12.x through 18.0.0.204 on Linux Chrome installations allows remote cyberattackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted Flash content that uses improper handling of the opaqueBackground property, as exploited in the wild in July 2015.
Stats
- First seen
- March 2022
- Last seen
- October 2026
CVEs
Alert name variants
| Alert Name |
|---|
| ByteCode-SWF.Exploit.CVE-2015-5122 |
Related IPS Signatures
| Signature Name |
|---|
| MALWARE-CNC Generic.EK.Activity flash traffic detected |