CVE-2016-4271

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.375 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.162 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.635 on Linux allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4277 and CVE-2016-4278, aka a "local-with-filesystem Flash sandbox bypass" issue.

• http://lab.truel.it/flash-sandbox-bypass/Broken Link, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1865.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036791Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://blog.bjornweb.nl/2017/02/flash-bypassing-local-sandbox-data-exfiltration-credentials-leak/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-29.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10Third Party Advisory
• http://lab.truel.it/flash-sandbox-bypass/Broken Link, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1865.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036791Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://blog.bjornweb.nl/2017/02/flash-bypassing-local-sandbox-data-exfiltration-credentials-leak/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-29.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-10Third Party Advisory

Published

Sep 14, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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