CVE-2015-7645

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-03. Federal remediation due 2022-03-24.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

68.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2015-10-15 10:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:55Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2015-10-01

Assigning CNA

adobe

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.1

Document digest

3edf072052c04c16fa0855928ccee38ef9a0bf03983373fc087d4fa33d54fa96

• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1913http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1913.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.exploit-db.com38490https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38490/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:2024http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2024.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-05.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1770http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00016.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securitytracker.com1033850http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033850vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1771http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00017.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securityfocus.com77081http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77081vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-27.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201511-02https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201511-02vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134009/Adobe-Flash-IExternalizable.writeExternal-Type-Confusion.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1768http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00015.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1781http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00018.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• blog.trendmicro.comhttp://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/new-adobe-flash-zero-day-used-in-pawn-storm-campaign/x_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-7645government-resource