CVE-2009-3951

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Flash Player ActiveX control in Adobe Flash Player before 10.0.42.34 and Adobe AIR before 1.5.3 on Windows allows remote attackers to obtain the names of local files via unknown vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-4820.

Category

7.1
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.89% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory adobe.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023307 vdb entry patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6663 vdb entry signature
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4004
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jan/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3456 vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00003.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37584 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37902 third party advisory
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-19.html patch vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/60891 vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-343A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/38241 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54637 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37199 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0173 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-3951?
CVE-2009-3951 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-3951?
To fix CVE-2009-3951, 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-2009-3951 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-3951 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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