CVE-2016-4271

Public Exploit

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-2016-4277 and CVE-2016-4278, aka a "local-with-filesystem Flash sandbox bypass" issue.

6.5

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.68% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory adobe.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lab.truel.it/flash-sandbox-bypass/	third party advisory technical description broken link
https://blog.bjornweb.nl/2017/02/flash-bypassing-local-sandbox-data-exfiltration-credentials-leak/	third party advisory exploit
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-29.html	patch vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1865.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036791	vdb entry third party advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-4271?: CVE-2016-4271 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-4271?: To fix CVE-2016-4271, 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-2016-4271 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2016-4271 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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