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CVE-2009-0521
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 9.x before 9.0.159.0 and 10.x before 10.0.22.87 on Linux allows local users to…
Medium4.6EPSS 1.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 9.x before 9.0.159.0 and 10.x before 10.0.22.87 on Linux allows local users to obtain sensitive information or gain privileges via a crafted library in a directory contained in the RPATH.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 16 days later
· 16 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 35% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5929 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6160 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0332 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 34226 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- flash-unspecified-information-disclosure(48904) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0513 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- GLSA-200903-23 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487144 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34012 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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