CVE-2016-4117
Adobe Flash Player: Arbitrary Code Execution
As of , CVE-2016-4117 in Adobe Flash Player is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 3 March 2022
- US federal deadline
- 24 March 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- KnownCISA changed it from Unknown to Known on 4 September 2026.
- EPSS score
- 0.94Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.96 on 3 March 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry (1 verified)
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
An access of resource using incompatible type vulnerability exists within Adobe Flash Player that allows an attacker to perform remote code execution.
CISA's description
Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.226 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in May 2016.
The CVE record's description, from adobe
- CVE published
- 11 May 2016
- Assigned by
- adobe
- CVSS
- 7.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 46339).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
- CISA changed its entry. Ransomware use: Unknown to Known.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: Adobe Flash Player DeleteRangeTimelineOperation Type-Confusionexploit module, rank great
- Exploit-DB: Adobe Flash Player - DeleteRangeTimelineOperation Type Confusion (Metasploit)EDB-ID 46339, verified by Exploit-DB, 11 February 2019
Flash Player: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2014-0497Integer Underflow Vulnerablity | Adobe Flash Player | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2010-1297Memory Corruption | Adobe Flash Player | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.83; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.83 | ||
| CVE-2011-0609Unspecified | Adobe Flash Player | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.64; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.64 | ||
| CVE-2012-0754Memory Corruption | Adobe Flash Player | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.91; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.91 | ||
| CVE-2015-0311Remote Code Execution | Adobe Flash Player | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.86; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.86 | ||
| CVE-2015-0313Use-After-Free | Adobe Flash Player | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.95; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.95 | ||
| CVE-2015-3113Heap-Based Buffer Overflow | Adobe Flash Player | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2015-5122Use-After-Free | Adobe Flash Player | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.94; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.94 | ||
| CVE-2011-0611Remote Code Execution | Adobe Flash Player | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2012-1535Arbitrary Code Execution | Adobe Flash Player | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.70; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.70 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org