CVE-2006-5330

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player plugin 9.0.16 and earlier for Windows, 7.0.63 and earlier for Linux, 7.x before 7.0 r67 for Solaris, and before 9.0.28.0 for Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to modify HTTP headers of client requests and conduct HTTP Request Splitting attacks via CRLF sequences in arguments to the ActionScript functions (1) XML.addRequestHeader and (2) XML.contentType. NOTE: the flexibility of the attack varies depending on the type of web browser being used.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 20.63% Top 5%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa06-01.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102932-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22467 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0009.html vendor advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
http://secunia.com/advisories/23324 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29634 vdb entry
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Dec/0006.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11405 signature vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/25467 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4094 vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/29863 vdb entry
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb06-18.html
http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0026.jsp
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20592 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930 vdb entry
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1737 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1999 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/23581 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448997/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017078 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-5330?
CVE-2006-5330 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-5330?
To fix CVE-2006-5330, 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-2006-5330 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-5330 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~21% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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