CVE-2006-4640
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.16.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the allowScriptAccess protection via unspecified vectors.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.7%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.16.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the allowScriptAccess protection via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 10.70% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- adobe/flash player
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 10.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21865Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22054Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22187Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22882Vendor Advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb06-11.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/168372US Government Resource
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_53_flashplayer.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/28734
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19980
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-275A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-318A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3573
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3577
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3852
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4507
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-069
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28887
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A709
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21865Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22054Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22187Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22882Vendor Advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb06-11.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/168372US Government Resource
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_53_flashplayer.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/28734
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19980
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-275A.htmlUS Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.