flash: privilege escalation
Published Dec 20, 2007
4.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 11.80%
Description
Adobe Flash Player 9.x up to 9.0.48.0, 8.x up to 8.0.35.0, and 7.x up to 7.0.70.0, when running on Linux, uses insecure permissions for memory, which might allow local users to gain privileges.
Affected products
No data.
Running on/with
- n/a
- ≤ 9.0.48.0
No data.
Extras for RHEL 3
flash-plugin-0:9.0.115.0-1.el3.with.oss
Fixed · RHSA-2007:1126
Extras for RHEL 4
flash-plugin-0:9.0.115.0-1.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2007:1126
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
flash-plugin-0:9.0.115.0-1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2007:1126
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extras for RHEL 3 | flash-plugin-0:9.0.115.0-1.el3.with.oss | Fixed | RHSA-2007:1126 |
| Extras for RHEL 4 | flash-plugin-0:9.0.115.0-1.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:1126 |
| Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | flash-plugin-0:9.0.115.0-1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:1126 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 11.80% (0.11800) | 95.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 11.89% (0.11895) | 95.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.25% (0.00254) | 46.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 12.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 18, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (22)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00007.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28157 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28161 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28213 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28570 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30507 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019116 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238305-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-20.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-07.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1126.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26929 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26965 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-355A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4258 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1724/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6246 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=414521 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39136 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6246
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10519 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6246
Change history (0)
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