CVE-2016-4178 — Incorrect Authorization in Adobe Flash Player

CWE-863 — Incorrect AuthorizationCWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure6 documents6 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 33.39%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Adobe Flash PlayerAdobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime
Timeline
PublishedJul 13
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.366 and 19.x through 22.x before 22.0.0.209 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.632 on Linux allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDadobe/flash_player18.0.0.360+2

Patches

Patch: docs.microsoft.com ↗Patch: helpx.adobe.com ↗Patch: docs.microsoft.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-32fr-79cm-96p3: Adobe Flash Player before 18↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2016-4178: Adobe Flash Player before 18↗2016-07-13
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OSV
CVE-2016-4178: Adobe Flash Player before 18↗2016-07-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-25↗2016-07-12
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💬Community

1
HackerOne
Flash “local-with-filesystem” Bypass in navigateToURL↗2019-10-17
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