CVE-2006-4640

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.16.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the allowScriptAccess protection via unspecified vectors.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 29.97% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory adobe.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3573 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22054 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/28734 vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-318A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4507 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19980 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22187 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28887 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3852 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22882 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21865 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_53_flashplayer.html vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/168372 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb06-11.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3577 vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-275A.html third party advisory us government resource
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A709 vdb entry signature
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-069 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-4640?
CVE-2006-4640 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-4640?
To fix CVE-2006-4640, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-4640 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-4640 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~30% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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