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CVE-2018-5007

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5007 is a Type Confusion vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player versions 30.0.0.113 and earlier, impacting products across Adobe, Apple, Google, Linux, Microsoft, and Red Hat. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user, requiring user interaction (e.g., clicking a malicious link). While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is readily available, it has received some community discussion and media coverage, though it is not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 30.0.0.113CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 30.0.0.113CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:*
<= 30.0.0.113CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:*
<= 30.0.0.113CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer_11:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
18.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1800 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 14,825 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:30.0.0.134-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-5007Critical

flash-plugin: Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (APSB18-24)

Jul 10, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2175
Third Party Advisory
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb18-24.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104698
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041248
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry