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Flash Targeted by Zero-Day Exploit - BankInfoSecurity Symantec reports that the Angler exploit kit attacks that it's seen exploiting the zero-day Flash flaw appear to be using a malicious Adobe flash file - ending with the SWF extension - that is a A Different Exploit Angle on Adobe's Recent Zero-Day The CVE-2015-0311 exploit SWF dynamically generates a ROP chain from AS using gadgets from the Flash DLL. The AS searches Flash for a given sequence of bytes (that is, the machine code constituting each gadget), and writes the address of the first occurrence of the sequence (gadget) to the ROP chain. How Att®ackers Use a Flash Exploit to Distribute Crimeware May 27, 2016 Flash Exploit, CVE-2018-4878, Spotted in The Wild as Part
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Adobe Flash Vulnerabilities This year, six of the top 10 vulnerabilities incorporated by exploit kits affected Adobe Flash Player. The most common vulnerability found was CVE-2016-0189 – 700 web Adobe Flash ActiveX Plugin 28.0.0.137 - Exploit Database 7 rows
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