RULE(RULE ID:316270)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2015-05-21
Rule Name: Adobe Flash Player and AIR Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability -1 (CVE-2014-8442)
Severity:
CVE ID:
Rule Protection Details
Description: Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.252 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.223 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.418 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.356, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.356, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.356 allow attackers to complete a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity by leveraging incorrect permissions.
Impact: An attacker can abtain more privileges which he is not entitled to by exloiting the vulnerability, such as executing arbitrary code, deleting files, viewing sensitive information, changing configurations.
Affected OS: Windows
Reference: AdobeSecurityBulletins:apsb14-24
SecurityFocusBID:71040
Solutions
Adobe has issued a fix on the official website. For more advisory, please visit http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-24.html