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medium 4.9

CVE-2009-1870 json

Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.246.0 and 10.x before 10.0.32.18, and Adobe AIR before 1.5.2, allows attackers to obtain sensitive informatio…

published 2009-07-31 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-1865

cvss
4.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.246.0 and 10.x before 10.0.32.18, and Adobe AIR before 1.5.2, allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors involving saving an SWF file to a hard drive, related to a "local sandbox vulnerability."

Patch / fix

  • flash-plugin RHEL 3 EXTRAS 9.0.246.0-2.el3.with.oss
  • flash-plugin RHEL 4 EXTRAS 9.0.246.0-2.el4
  • flash-plugin RHEL 5 EXTRAS 10.0.32.18-2.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1189RHSA-2009:1188

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-1870 updated cvss 5.8

flash-plugin: multiple information disclosure flaws (APSB09-10)

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.246.0-2.el3.with.oss Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.246.0-2.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.246.0-2.el3.with.oss Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.246.0-2.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1189
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) flash-plugin 10.0.32.18-2.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1188
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.246.0-2.el3.with.oss Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.246.0-2.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1189
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) flash-plugin 10.0.32.18-2.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1188
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.246.0-2.el3.with.oss Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.246.0-2.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1189

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Exploit prediction

0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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