CVE-2006-4640 Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.16.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the allowScriptAccess protec
Medium 6.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-4640 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2006-4640 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, published on 12 Sep 2006.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4640 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Adobe Flash Player. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4640/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4640/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-4640?
CVE-2006-4640 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, published on 12 Sep 2006.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.16.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the allowScriptAccess protection via unspecified vectors.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4640?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Flash Player.
How do I fix CVE-2006-4640?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-4640 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2006-4640 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4640 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5hcm-mrf5-hq6x.