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CVE-2007-6246

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-6246 describes an insecure memory permission vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player versions 9.x, 8.x, and 7.x when running on Linux. This flaw could allow a local attacker to potentially gain elevated privileges on the affected system. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.0.48.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1180 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 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 0.1 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)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:9.0.115.0-1.el3.with.oss
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:9.0.115.0-1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:9.0.115.0-1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-6246Critical

flash: privilege escalation

Dec 17, 2007

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00007.html
secunia.com / advisories/28157
secunia.com / advisories/28161
secunia.com / advisories/28213
secunia.com / advisories/28570
secunia.com / advisories/30507
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39136
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10519
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb07-20.html
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-07.xml
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-1126.html
securityfocus.com / bid/26929
securityfocus.com / bid/26965
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA07-355A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/4258
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1724/references