CVE-2009-0521

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 9.x before 9.0.159.0 and 10.x before 10.0.22.87 on Linux allows local users to obtain sensitive information or gain privileges via a crafted library in a directory contained in the RPATH.

• CWE-200

• http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5929Third Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0332.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34012Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34226Broken Link
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-01.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0513Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487144Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48904Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6160Third Party Advisory
• http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5929Third Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0332.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34012Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34226Broken Link
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-01.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0513Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487144Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48904Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6160Third Party Advisory

Published

Feb 26, 2009

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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