HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2015-7662

Flash Player vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
3.6%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.261 and 19.x before 19.0.0.245 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.548 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 19.0.0.241, Adobe AIR SDK before 19.0.0.241, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 19.0.0.241 allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and write to files via unspecified vectors.
Affected vendor
Adobe
Affected product
Flash Player
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2015-11-11

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-7662

  • Confirm whether Adobe Flash Player is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-7662.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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