CVE-2016-4271
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.5
6.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.375 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.162 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.635 on Linux allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4277 and CVE-2016-4278, aka a "local-with-filesystem Flash sandbox bypass" issue.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-29.html ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-29.htmlPatch
- http://lab.truel.it/flash-sandbox-bypass/Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1865.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036791Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10Advisory
- https://blog.bjornweb.nl/2017/02/flash-bypassing-local-sandbox-data-exfiltration-credentials-leak/Advisory