MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2015-3081

Flash Player vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
11.4%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Race condition in 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 allows attackers to bypass the Internet Explorer Protected Mode protection mechanism via unspecified vectors.
Affected vendor
Adobe
Affected product
Flash Player
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2015-05-13

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 11.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-3081

  • Confirm whether Adobe Flash Player is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-3081.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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