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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2016-4136 EUVD-2016-5137GHSA-vgv4-f4q4-76rv

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.242 and earlier, as used in the Adobe Flash libraries in Microsoft Internet Explorer…

Published Jun 16, 2016 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by adobe

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.242 and earlier, as used in the Adobe Flash libraries in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge, has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than other CVEs listed in MS16-083.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 6 flash-plugin 11.2.202.626-1.el6_8 RHSA-2016:1238
RHEL 5 flash-plugin 11.2.202.626-1.el5_11 RHSA-2016:1238

SUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 SP1 flash-player 11.2.202.626-133.1 SUSE-SU-2016:1613-1
SLES 12 flash-player 11.2.202.626-133.1 SUSE-SU-2016:1613-1

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 2

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