📄 Description (English)
Adobe Flash Player ASLR Bypass Vulnerability — Adobe Flash Player does not properly restrict discovery of memory addresses, which allows attackers to bypass the address space layout randomization (ASLR) protection mechanism.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
CVE-2015-0310 is a critical ASLR bypass vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player that allows attackers to defeat memory protection mechanisms, enabling reliable exploitation of other Flash vulnerabilities. With public exploits available and Flash historically embedded in Saudi government portals, banking platforms, and legacy enterprise systems, this represents a significant risk despite Flash's end-of-life status. Organizations still running Flash-dependent applications face immediate compromise risk from targeted attacks.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Mar 28, 2026 08:09
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Critical impact for Saudi organizations still running Flash-dependent systems. Banking sector (SAMA-regulated institutions) faces risk in legacy online banking portals and internal financial applications. Government entities (NCA-regulated) with older e-services platforms remain vulnerable. Energy sector (ARAMCO, SEC) may have Flash in SCADA/ICS visualization tools. Healthcare institutions using Flash-based medical imaging viewers face HIPAA-equivalent data breach risks. Telecom providers (STC, Mobily, Zain) with legacy customer portals are exposed. This vulnerability enables attackers to bypass ASLR, making exploitation of other Flash vulnerabilities nearly guaranteed, particularly dangerous for APT groups targeting Saudi critical infrastructure.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Banking
Government
Healthcare
Energy
Telecommunications
Education
Retail
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
8.7
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
1. Conduct emergency asset inventory to identify all systems with Adobe Flash Player installed (check browsers, standalone players, embedded ActiveX controls)
2. Uninstall Adobe Flash Player immediately from all systems - Flash reached end-of-life December 31, 2020
3. Block Flash content at network perimeter using web proxies and firewall rules (block .swf files)
4. Disable Flash plugins in all browsers via Group Policy (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, IE)
PATCHING GUIDANCE:
5. If immediate removal impossible, update to Adobe Flash Player 16.0.0.296 or later as temporary measure
6. For legacy applications requiring Flash, isolate in air-gapped networks or dedicated VMs with no internet access
7. Migrate Flash-dependent applications to HTML5/modern alternatives within 30 days
COMPENSATING CONTROLS:
8. Deploy application whitelisting to prevent Flash execution
9. Enable Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) or Windows Defender Exploit Guard
10. Implement browser isolation solutions (remote browser isolation) for users requiring legacy access
DETECTION:
11. Monitor for Flash Player process execution (flashplayer.exe, plugin-container.exe with Flash)
12. Alert on .swf file downloads or Flash MIME types in web traffic
13. Scan for CVE-2015-0310 exploitation attempts in IDS/IPS (Snort/Suricata rules available)
14. Review historical logs for Flash exploitation indicators
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. إجراء جرد طارئ للأصول لتحديد جميع الأنظمة المثبت عليها Adobe Flash Player (فحص المتصفحات والمشغلات المستقلة وعناصر ActiveX المدمجة)
2. إلغاء تثبيت Adobe Flash Player فوراً من جميع الأنظمة - انتهى دعم Flash في 31 ديسمبر 2020
3. حظر محتوى Flash على محيط الشبكة باستخدام خوادم الوكيل وجدران الحماية (حظر ملفات .swf)
4. تعطيل إضافات Flash في جميع المتصفحات عبر Group Policy
إرشادات التصحيح:
5. إذا كان الإزالة الفورية مستحيلة، التحديث إلى Adobe Flash Player 16.0.0.296 أو أحدث كإجراء مؤقت
6. للتطبيقات القديمة التي تتطلب Flash، عزلها في شبكات معزولة أو أجهزة افتراضية مخصصة بدون اتصال بالإنترنت
7. ترحيل التطبيقات المعتمدة على Flash إلى HTML5/البدائل الحديثة خلال 30 يوماً
الضوابط التعويضية:
8. نشر قوائم التطبيقات المسموحة لمنع تنفيذ Flash
9. تفعيل Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit أو Windows Defender Exploit Guard
10. تطبيق حلول عزل المتصفح للمستخدمين الذين يحتاجون وصول قديم
الكشف:
11. مراقبة تنفيذ عملية Flash Player
12. التنبيه على تنزيلات ملفات .swf أو أنواع MIME الخاصة بـ Flash
13. فحص محاولات استغلال CVE-2015-0310 في IDS/IPS
14. مراجعة السجلات التاريخية لمؤشرات استغلال Flash
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
5.1.1 - Vulnerability Management (Critical vulnerability remediation within 15 days)
6.1.1 - Software Security (Removal of unsupported software)
4.2.1 - Asset Management (Inventory of vulnerable systems)
5.2.1 - Patch Management (Emergency patching procedures)
7.1.1 - Security Monitoring (Detection of exploitation attempts)
🔵 SAMA CSF
D1.RM.1 - Risk Assessment (Legacy software risk evaluation)
D2.IT.1 - Secure Development (Migration from Flash to secure alternatives)
D3.DC.1 - Security Monitoring (Flash exploitation detection)
D4.BCM.1 - Business Continuity (Legacy application continuity planning)
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.12.6.1 - Management of technical vulnerabilities
A.12.6.2 - Restrictions on software installation
A.14.2.1 - Secure development policy
A.18.2.3 - Technical compliance review
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0
6.2 - Ensure all systems protected from known vulnerabilities
6.3.2 - Review custom code prior to release
11.2 - Run internal and external network vulnerability scans
🔗 References & Sources 0
No references.
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
Adobe:Flash Player