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CERTFR-2016-ALE-004

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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 – Updated: 2025-11-17 19:40

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.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

Assigner

adobe

References

URL

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	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
	https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/748992	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1238	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036094	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91184	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
	https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-p…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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