Information disclosure in Adobe products - CVE-2015-5116
Published: January 30, 2017 / Updated: September 14, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU5478
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5116
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerabiity allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper access control. A remote attacker can bypass the same-origin-policy and gain access to important data.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in information disclosure on the vulnerable system.
The weakness exists due to improper access control. A remote attacker can bypass the same-origin-policy and gain access to important data.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in information disclosure on the vulnerable system.
Affected software
Adobe Flash Player for Linux
Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe AIR
Gentoo Linux
Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe AIR
Gentoo Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2015-5116
Install update from vendor's website.