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CVE-2009-0521

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.

Published

2009-02-26T16:17:19.920

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-200

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	adobe	flash_player_for_linux	≤ 10.0.15.3	Yes
Application	adobe	flash_player_for_linux	10.0.12.36	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	-	No

References

http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5929 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0332.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34012 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34226 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-01.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0513 Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487144 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48904 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6160 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5929 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0332.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34012 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34226 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-01.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0513 Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487144 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48904 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6160 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)