Security readout for executives and security teams
This is an old Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR vulnerability that could crash the application and may allow arbitrary code execution. The public bundle describes the underlying issue only generally, as a privilege escalation vulnerability with unknown attack vectors. Exposure is most likely on legacy endpoints, packaged applications, or old platform images retaining Flash Player or Adobe AIR versions from 2009 or earlier. Treat this as a legacy technology cleanup issue unless confirmed on active systems. Prioritize removal or upgrade on internet-facing, kiosk, and high-risk endpoint environments. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Flash Player to 9.0.246.0, 10.0.32.18, or later where still present.; Upgrade Adobe AIR to 1.5.2 or later where still present.; Remove Flash Player or Adobe AIR from systems that no longer require them..
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- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16391CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6961CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
- adobe-flash-air-code-execution(52179)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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