CVE-2017-3085: Adobe Flash Player versions 26.0.0.137 and earlier have a security bypass vulnerability that leads to information disclosure when performing…
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 4.4% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 91.6% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:6) 0:26.0.0.151-1.el6_9.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:6) 0:26.0.0.151-1.el6_9 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Adobe Flash Player versions 26.0.0.137 and earlier have a security bypass vulnerability that leads to information disclosure when performing URL redirect.
- Published
- Aug 11, 2017
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 4.4% · 91th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-601
Report tools
Action score
30
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 29 / 40 · 7.4 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 4.4%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| adobe | flash player desktop runtime | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime |
| adobe | flash player | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player |
| apple | mac os x | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x |
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
| microsoft | windows | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows |
| microsoft | windows 10 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10 |
| microsoft | windows 8.1 | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1 |
| chrome os | cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os | |
| redhat | enterprise linux | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux workstation | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation |
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (adobe). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Adobe Systems Incorporated Flash Player
- 26.0.0.137 and earlier.affected
Affected versions · NVD (5)
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- adobe flash playerup to 26.0.0.137 inclusive
- adobe flash player desktop runtimeup to 26.0.0.137 inclusive
- redhat enterprise linux6.0
- redhat enterprise linux desktop6.0
- redhat enterprise linux workstation6.0
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:6 | flash-plugin | before 0:26.0.0.151-1.el6_9 | 0:26.0.0.151-1.el6_9 |
Same product
adobe: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2016-1019Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.197 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute…KEV76This week
- CVE-2016-7892Adobe Flash Player versions 23.0.0.207 and earlier, 11.2.202.644 and earlier have an exploitable use after free vulnerability in the…KEV71This week
- CVE-2018-5002Adobe Flash Player versions 29.0.0.171 and earlier have a Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability.KEV68This week
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2017-3099Jul 17, 2017 · Adobe Flash Player versions 26.0.0.131 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the Action Script 3 raster data…38Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2017-3100Jul 17, 2017 · Adobe Flash Player versions 26.0.0.131 and earlier have an exploitable memory corruption vulnerability in the Action Script 2 BitmapData…27Monitor
- Later →CVE-2017-3106Aug 11, 2017 · Adobe Flash Player versions 26.0.0.137 and earlier have an exploitable type confusion vulnerability when parsing SWF files.42Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| red hat:flash-plugin | 0:26.0.0.151-1.el6_9 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:6 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-601 · URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log (1)
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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