CVE-2016-4117

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-03. Federal remediation due 2022-03-24. Known ransomware campaign use: reported by CISA.

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

94.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-10.

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

2016-05-11 01:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-09-10 03:55Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2016-04-27

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

5.2

Document digest

3d184c33ff7d8234ff2730b87383e42763adfabb37807fe763fcc6acf1b98c7b

• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201606-08https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-08vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1309http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00047.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1305http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00044.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securitytracker.com1035826http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035826vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.exploit-db.com46339https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46339/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1306http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00045.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1308http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00046.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-15.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com90505http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90505vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa16-02.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1079http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1079.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-4117government-resource
• github.comhttps://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196issue-tracking