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Adobe Flash Player Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities (Linux)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

General

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

10.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host has Adobe Flash Player installed and is prone to multiple security bypass vulnerabilities.

Insight

Insight

The flaws are due to, - a design error in the application that allows access to the system's camera and microphone by tricking the user into clicking Flash Player access control dialogs disguised as normal graphical elements. - FileReference.browse() and FileReference.download() methods which can be called without user interaction and can potentially be used to trick a user into downloading or uploading files.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Adobe Flash Player 9.x - 9.0.124.0 on Linux.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player 10.0.12.36.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)