CVE-2016-4117

9.8

CVSS
Critical

PUBLISHED

Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.226 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in...

Exploited in the wild Remote Low complexity No user interaction

Vendor: Adobe
Product: Flash Player
Published: May 11, 2016
EPSS: —

Description

Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.226 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in May 2016.

cisa metasploit

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 9.8 Critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 10.0

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

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2022-03-03 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation: active
Automatable: No
Technical impact: total

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source	Added
CISA	Mar 03, 2022

Scanner integrations

Scanner	Reference	Detected
Metasploit	https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/osx/browser/adobe_flash_delete_range_tl_op.rb	Apr 28, 2025

Potential proof of concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

adobe_flash_delete_range_tl_op

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2016-4117

amit-raut/CVE-2016-4117-Report

github · Created 2017-02-23 15:00:10 UTC · 1 stars

A brief report on CVE-2016-4117 (A vulnerability in Adobe Flash)

Vulnerability detail