CVE-2016-4278

MEDIUM

Adobe Flash Player <19.x-23.x - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm

Description

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-2016-4271 and CVE-2016-4277.

References (4)

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1865.html

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036791

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-29.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0218

EPSS Percentile 84.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

Status published

Affected Products (7)

adobe/flash_player < 11.2.202.632

adobe/flash_player < 22.0.0.211

adobe/flash_player < 22.0.0.211

adobe/flash_player_desktop_runtime < 22.0.0.211

adobe/flash_player < 18.0.0.366

adobe/flash_player < 22.0.0.211

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Sep 14, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026