# CVE-2015-3083: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can bypass filesystem write restrictions in Adobe Flash Player, requiring user interaction to view malicious content.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 13 May 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fxqv-9rmw-4376, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3083

## What is CVE-2015-3083?

CVE-2015-3083 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Air, published on 13 May 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.289 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.188 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.460 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 17.0.0.172, Adobe AIR SDK before 17.0.0.172, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 17.0.0.172 allow remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions on filesystem write operations via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3082 and CVE-2015-3085.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3083?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Adobe Air, Adobe Air Sdk, Adobe Air Sdk \& Compiler, Adobe Flash Player.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-3083?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2015-3083 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2015-3083 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Flash Broker-Based - Sandbox Escape via Unexpected Directory Lock (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Air

- [CVE-2016-1010](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1010/): Adobe Flash Player and AIR Integer Overflow (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2015-8651](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8651/): Adobe Flash Player Integer Overflow (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2014-8439](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8439/): Adobe Flash Player Dereferenced Pointer (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2012-2034](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2034/): Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption (high 7.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2015-8459](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8459/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-3083 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-3083 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Air, published on 13 May 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2015-3083 exists.

Affected product: Adobe Air. 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-2015-3083/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3083/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3083
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3083
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-3083

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