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CVE-2006-4640

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4640 describes an unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player versions prior to 9.0.16.0, allowing user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the allowScriptAccess protection. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its age and a high FAUCET Risk Score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:basic:*:*:*:*:*
<= 8.0.24.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:8:*:pro:*:*:*:*:*
mx_2004CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:mx_2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0990 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-4640Critical

security flaw

Sep 12, 2006

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00002.html
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-069
secunia.com / advisories/21865
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22054
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22187
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22882
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/28887
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A709
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb06-11.html
PatchVendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/168372
US Government Resource
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_53_flashplayer.html
osvdb.org / 28734
securityfocus.com / bid/19980
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-275A.html
US Government Resource
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-318A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3573
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3577
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3852
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4507