MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2015-3079

Flash Player vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
5.2%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.289 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.188 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.460 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 17.0.0.172, Adobe AIR SDK before 17.0.0.172, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 17.0.0.172 allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
Affected vendor
Adobe
Affected product
Flash Player
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2015-05-13

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 5.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-3079

  • Confirm whether Adobe Flash Player is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-3079.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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