Maze Randomware and Adobe Products

[rakeshk53949702]

Hello,

We like to to know more information on Maze Randomware as below:

- What is Maze Randomware ?

- What impact does it have on Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Air, Adobe Shock wave and Adobe Acrobat product.

- How can the Corporate enviroment be Protected.

- How can some diagnose if PC has been infected by this Ransome ware.

Regard,

Rakesh

[Test Screen Name]

Do you mean ransomware? Why do you connect it with Flash Player or Adobe at all? They certainly do not make it. Fake updates may be a source of malware, however.

[rakeshk53949702]

Hello,

Thank you for the Response 🙂

Below url says that this ransom ware works with Adobe Flash Player however not sure it is Genuine or not.

https://securityintelligence.com/news/spelevo-ek-exploits-flash-player-vulnerability-to-deliver-maze....

Could Adobe Support put more light on this problem.

Regards,

Rakesh

[_maria_]

The October 2019 article you link to states:

The exploit kit attempts to abuse CVE-2018-15982, a use-after-free vulnerability, within the browser to specifically target users of Flash Player versions 31.0.0.153 / 31.0.0.108 and earlier.

CVE-2018-15982 was addressed in Dec 2018 with the release of 31.0.0.153 and 31.0.0.108.  See https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-42.html,

Please ensure you are running the most recent version of Flash Player.  To find the most recent version for the operating system/browser you are using, refer to https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/about/.