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CVE-2016-1014
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X…
High7.3EPSS 1.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- adobe
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse resource in an unspecified directory.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- SUSE-SU-2016:1305 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137532/Adobe-Flash-Player-DLL-Hijacking.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1306 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20160618 [CVE-2016-1014] Escalation of privilege via executable (un)installers of Flash Player (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:0610 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20160617 [CVE-2016-1014] Escalation of privilege via executable (un)installers of Flash Player (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1035509 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MS16-050 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-10.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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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