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CVE-2009-0521

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0521 is an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player 9.x and 10.x on Linux. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain privileges or access sensitive information by placing a malicious library in a directory within the RPATH. With a CVSS score of 4.6, it is considered a low-severity vulnerability, requiring local access and low attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.0.15.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_for_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.12.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_for_linux:10.0.12.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0106 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 3,052 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (2)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:10.0.22.87-1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0521Moderate

flash-plugin: Linux-specific information disclosure (privilege escalation)

Feb 24, 2009

References

isc.sans.org / diary.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-0332.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34012
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/34226
Broken Link
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/48904
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6160
Third Party Advisory
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb09-01.html
PatchVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0513
Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory