CVE-2007-6244

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player 9.x up to 9.0.48.0 and 8.x up to 8.0.35.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) a SWF file that uses the asfunction: protocol or (2) the navigateToURL function when used with the Flash Player ActiveX Control in Internet Explorer.

Published: 2007-12-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-6244 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 69.08%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +10.65% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-6244

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
30905 exploit_db edb 2007-12-18 Exploit-DB ↗
30907 exploit_db edb 2007-12-18 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6244

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-07 58.43% 69.08% +10.65%
2 2025-05-28 60.54% 58.43% -2.12%
3 2025-03-30 60.54%

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6244

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6244

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-6244

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2007-6244: 1 GLSA(s) (200801-07), 1 atom(s) (www-plugins/adobe-flash); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-6244
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6244

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6244

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe flash_player 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6244

URL Tags
http://crypto.stanford.edu/advisories/CVE-2007-6244/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00007.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28157
http://secunia.com/advisories/28161
http://secunia.com/advisories/28213
http://secunia.com/advisories/28570
http://secunia.com/advisories/30507
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019116
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238305-1
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-20.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-07.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/758769 US Government Resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1126.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26929
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26949
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26960
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-355A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4258
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1724/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39130
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39131
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10210
cvelogic Threat Intelligence