CVE-2014-5333

Adobe Air vulnerability

CVSS

4.3

EPSS

3.5%

EPSS pct

88th

Exploited

No known

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.241 and 14.x before 14.0.0.176 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.400 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 14.0.0.178 on Windows and OS X and before 14.0.0.179 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 14.0.0.178, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 14.0.0.178 do not properly restrict the SWF file format, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks against JSONP endpoints, and obtain sensitive information, via a crafted OBJECT element with SWF content satisfying the character-set requirements of a callback API, in conjunction with a manipulation involving a '$' (dollar sign) or '(' (open parenthesis) character. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4671.

Affected vendor

Adobe

Affected product

Adobe Air

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Published

2014-08-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-5333

Confirm whether Adobe Adobe Air is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-5333.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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