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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2003-1017

Macromedia Flash Player before 7,0,19,0 stores a Flash data file in a predictable location that is accessible to web browsers such as Internet Explorer and Opera, which allows remote attackers to read restricted files via vulnerabilities in web browsers…

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 3.50%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Macromedia Flash Player before 7,0,19,0 stores a Flash data file in a predictable location that is accessible to web browsers such as Internet Explorer and Opera, which allows remote attackers to read restricted files via vulnerabilities in web browsers whose exploits rely on predictable names.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
3.50% probability · 89th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 24 October 2003
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
macromedia/director · macromedia/flash player
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 3.50%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 3.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-23298source ↗Macromedia Flash Player 6.0.x - Flash Cookie Predictable File Locationwindows · Mindwarperremote24 October 2003yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.