📄 Description (English)
Adobe Flash Player Type Confusion Vulnerability — Adobe Flash Player contains a type confusion vulnerability which can allow for remote code execution.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
CVE-2017-11292 is a critical type confusion vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player that allows remote code execution. This vulnerability has been actively exploited in the wild, notably by APT groups including APT28 (Fancy Bear) and has a known exploit available. With a CVSS score of 9.0, it poses an extreme risk to any organization still running Flash Player. Given that Adobe Flash Player reached end-of-life in December 2020, any remaining installations represent a significant attack surface.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 7, 2026 13:27
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
This vulnerability poses significant risk to Saudi organizations that may still have legacy Flash Player installations, particularly in government agencies (NCA scope), banking sector (SAMA regulated), and energy sector (ARAMCO and affiliates) where legacy systems and internal web applications may still depend on Flash. Healthcare systems using older medical device interfaces and telecom operators (STC, Mobily, Zain) with legacy portals are also at risk. APT groups known to exploit this vulnerability have historically targeted Middle Eastern organizations, making Saudi entities prime targets.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Government
Banking
Energy
Healthcare
Telecom
Education
Defense
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
9.2
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
Immediate Actions:
1. Uninstall Adobe Flash Player from all endpoints and servers immediately — Flash Player has been end-of-life since December 31, 2020
2. Block Flash content at the network perimeter using web proxies and firewalls
3. Disable Flash Player plugins in all browsers via Group Policy
Patching Guidance:
4. If removal is not immediately possible, apply Adobe security update APSB17-32
5. Migrate all Flash-dependent applications to HTML5 or modern alternatives
Compensating Controls:
6. Implement application whitelisting to prevent unauthorized Flash execution
7. Deploy network segmentation to isolate systems that cannot be immediately remediated
8. Enable Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) or Windows Defender Exploit Guard
Detection Rules:
9. Monitor for SWF file downloads and Flash Player process execution
10. Deploy YARA rules for known exploit payloads associated with CVE-2017-11292
11. Monitor for suspicious child processes spawned by Flash Player (iexplore.exe, chrome.exe spawning cmd.exe, powershell.exe)
12. Implement IDS/IPS signatures for CVE-2017-11292 exploit traffic
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. إزالة Adobe Flash Player من جميع الأجهزة والخوادم فوراً — انتهى دعم Flash Player في 31 ديسمبر 2020
2. حظر محتوى Flash على محيط الشبكة باستخدام بروكسيات الويب والجدران النارية
3. تعطيل إضافات Flash Player في جميع المتصفحات عبر سياسات المجموعة
إرشادات التصحيح:
4. في حال عدم إمكانية الإزالة الفورية، تطبيق تحديث Adobe الأمني APSB17-32
5. ترحيل جميع التطبيقات المعتمدة على Flash إلى HTML5 أو بدائل حديثة
الضوابط التعويضية:
6. تطبيق القوائم البيضاء للتطبيقات لمنع تنفيذ Flash غير المصرح به
7. نشر تجزئة الشبكة لعزل الأنظمة التي لا يمكن معالجتها فوراً
8. تفعيل أدوات الحماية من الاستغلال مثل Windows Defender Exploit Guard
قواعد الكشف:
9. مراقبة تنزيلات ملفات SWF وتنفيذ عمليات Flash Player
10. نشر قواعد YARA للحمولات المعروفة المرتبطة بـ CVE-2017-11292
11. مراقبة العمليات الفرعية المشبوهة التي يولدها Flash Player
12. تطبيق توقيعات IDS/IPS لحركة استغلال CVE-2017-11292
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
2-3-1 (Asset Management)
2-5-1 (Vulnerability Management)
2-6-1 (Patch Management)
2-9-1 (Malware Protection)
2-2-1 (Software Lifecycle Management)
🔵 SAMA CSF
3.3.3 (Patch Management)
3.3.5 (Vulnerability Management)
3.3.7 (Malware Protection)
3.1.1 (Asset Management)
3.3.11 (End-of-Life Systems)
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.8.8 (Management of technical vulnerabilities)
A.8.19 (Installation of software on operational systems)
A.8.7 (Protection against malware)
A.5.7 (Threat intelligence)
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0
6.3.3 (Patching critical vulnerabilities)
6.2 (System components protected from known vulnerabilities)
5.2 (Anti-malware mechanisms)
11.5 (Network intrusion detection)
🔗 References & Sources 0
No references.
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
Adobe:Flash Player