HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2010-0379

Flash Player vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
16.4%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Macromedia Flash ActiveX control in Adobe Flash Player 6, as distributed in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that are not related to the use-after-free "Movie Unloading Vulnerability" (CVE-2010-0378). NOTE: due to lack of details, it is not clear whether this overlaps any other CVE item.
Affected vendor
Adobe
Affected product
Flash Player
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2010-01-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 16.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-0379

  • Confirm whether Adobe Flash Player is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-0379.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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