certfr_alerte - certfr-2016-ale-004

CERTFR-2016-ALE-004

Vulnerability from certfr_alerte

Une vulnérabilité a été découverte dans Adobe Flash Player. Elle permet à un attaquant de provoquer une exécution de code arbitraire à distance. Dans son bulletin d'alerte APSA16-03 (cf. Section Documentation), Adobe annonce qu'une vulnérabilité jugée critique affecte les versions 21.0.0.242 et antérieures de son Flash Player, et ce sur toutes les plateformes.
Adobe prévient également que cette vulnérabilité est activement exploitée dans le cadre d'attaques ciblées.

Solution

Se référer au bulletin de sécurité de l'éditeur pour l'obtention des correctifs (cf. section Documentation).

Adobe Flash Player versions 21.0.0.242 et antérieures sur Windows, Macintosh, Linux, et Chrome OS

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Description

References

Title

Publication Time

CVE-2016-4171 (GCVE-0-2016-4171)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2016-06-16 14:00

Modified

2025-10-21 23:55

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.242 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, as exploited in the wild in June 2016.

References

URL

Tags

	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-08	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
	https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa16-03.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00038.html	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
	https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/748992	third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN
	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1238	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00035.html	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036094	vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00031.html	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91184	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
	https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-18.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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