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CVE-2008-5499

83
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5499 is an unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player for Linux, affecting versions 10.0.12.36 and earlier, as well as 9.0.151.0 and earlier. This critical vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems through a specially crafted SWF file. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a medium attack complexity, but resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit intelligence indicates the availability of a Metasploit module, and its EPSS score of 0.90582 suggests a high likelihood of exploitation. There is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.0.151.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_for_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_for_linux:9.0.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.48.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_for_linux:9.0.48.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.115.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_for_linux:9.0.115.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.124.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_for_linux:9.0.124.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
79.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Adobe Flash Player ActionScript Launch Command Execution Vulnerability · Dec 17, 2008
ExploitDB: EDB-18761 · Apr 20, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7943 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:9.0.152.0-1.el3.with.oss
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:9.0.152.0-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:10.0.15.3-2.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-5499Critical

flash-plugin: Linux-specific code execution flaw via crafted SWF file

Dec 17, 2008

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00006.html
osvdb.org / 50796
secunia.com / advisories/33221
secunia.com / advisories/33267
secunia.com / advisories/33294
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34226
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/47445
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb08-24.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-1047.html
securityfocus.com / bid/32896
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3449