CVE-2009-0521
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 1.1%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 1.1% (65th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0525)
- Published
- February 26, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0525 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adobe / flash player for linux
- adobe / flash player for linux
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5929(Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0332.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34012(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34226(Broken Link)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-01.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0513(Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487144(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48904(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6160(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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