CVE-2007-6246

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-12-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Adobe 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.

Affected products

Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: through 9.0.48.0

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00007.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28157
http://secunia.com/advisories/28161
http://secunia.com/advisories/28213
http://secunia.com/advisories/28570
http://secunia.com/advisories/30507
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019116
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238305-1
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-20.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-07.xml
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1126.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26929

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