CVE-2007-6246

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-6246
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-12-20 01:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionAdobe Flash Player 9.x up to 9.0.48.0, 8.x up to 8.0.35.0, and 7.x up to 7.0.70.0, when running on Linux, uses insecure permissions for memory, which might allow local users to gain privileges.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.4 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Adobe Flash Player All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Adobe Flash Player Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Scan Ports, and Conduct HTTP Request Splitting and Cross-Site Scripting Attacks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
SUSE update for flash-player - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Sun Solaris update for Adobe Flash Player - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo update for netscape-flash - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for flash-plugin - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA07-355A -- Adobe Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Retired: Adobe Flash Player Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Privilege-Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Adobe - Security Advisories : APSB07-20: Flash Player update available to address security vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.adobe.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: flash-player (SUSE-SA:20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
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