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CVE-2016-6936

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6936 describes a critical vulnerability in Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler versions prior to 23.0.0.257 on Windows, where it fails to enforce transport security for Android runtime analytics. This flaw could allow remote attackers to intercept sensitive analytics data if they have network access. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to significant information disclosure. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability garnered some community and media attention at the time of its disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
22.0.0.153CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk_\&_compiler:22.0.0.153:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0380 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/air/apsb16-31.html
Vendor Advisory
wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com / 2016/09/14/advisory-insecure-transmission-of-data-in-android-applications-developed-with-adobe-air-cve-2016-6936
securityfocus.com / bid/92926
securitytracker.com / id/1036792