High 7.3Published Apr 8, 2016

CVE-2016-1014Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows local users to gain pri…

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Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse resource in an unspecified directory.

CVSS: 7.3 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-426
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

adobe flash_player adobe:flash_player	through 11.2.202.577; through 18.0.0.333; through 21.0.0.197; through 21.0.0.197; through 21.0.0.197	NVD
adobe flash_player_desktop_runtime adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime	through 21.0.0.197	NVD
adobe air_desktop_runtime adobe:air_desktop_runtime	through 21.0.0.176	NVD
adobe air_sdk adobe:air_sdk	through 21.0.0.176	NVD
adobe air_sdk_&_compiler adobe:air_sdk_&_compiler	through 21.0.0.176	NVD

References

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00044.html	broken-link, third-party-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00045.html	broken-link, third-party-advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137532/Adobe-Flash-Player-DLL-Hijacking.html	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0610.html	third-party-advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/39	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538699/100/0/threaded	broken-link, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035509	broken-link, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-050	patch, third-party-advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-10.html	patch, vendor-advisory

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