FKIE_CVE-2009-0521

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-02-26 16:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:05
Severity
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.orghttp://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5929Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0332.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/34012Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/34226Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-01.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0513Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487144Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48904Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6160Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5929Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0332.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/34012Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/34226Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-01.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0513Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487144Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48904Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6160Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
adobe flash_player_for_linux *
adobe flash_player_for_linux 10.0.12.36
linux linux_kernel -
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