CVE-2009-0521 (GCVE-0-2009-0521)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-02-26 16:00
Modified
2024-08-07 04:40
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5929 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0332.html Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/34012 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/34226 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-01.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0513 Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487144 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48904 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6160 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5929 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0332.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/34012 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/34226 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-01.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0513 Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487144 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48904 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6160 Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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