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New Kit, Same Player: Top 10 Vulnerabilities Used by Exploit Kits in 2016

Recorded Futureby S3 ()4 min read2
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2015-0313
Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution in Adobe Flash Player
—95%KEV—
KEV
CVE-2015-1671
TrueType Font Parsing RCE in Microsoft Windows, .NET, Office, Lync, and Silverlight
—49%KEV—
KEV
CVE-2015-2419
Memory Corruption RCE in Microsoft Internet Explorer JScript Engine
—53%KEV—
KEV
CVE-2015-5119
Use-After-Free RCE in Adobe Flash Player (ActionScript 3 ByteArray)
—99%KEV—
KEV
CVE-2015-5122
Use-After-Free RCE in Adobe Flash Player AS3 DisplayObject
—87%KEV—
KEV

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Adobe Flash Player provided eight of the top 10 vulnerabilities used by exploit kits in 2015. Vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Silverlight are also major targets. Angler is currently the most popular exploit kit, regularly tied to malware including Cryptolocker.

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