CVE-2007-6245

Adobe Flash Player 9.x up to 9.0.48.0, 8.x up to 8.0.35.0, and 7.x up to 7.0.70.0 allows remote attackers to modify HTTP headers for client requests and conduct HTTP Request Splitting attacks.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-6245 is rated Moderate Risk (49.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.74%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6245

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 2026-06-15 21.81% 4.74% -17.07%
2 2026-02-19 27.06% 21.81% -5.25%
3 2025-08-20 27.06%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6245

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6245

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-6245

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2007-6245: 1 GLSA(s) (200801-07), 1 atom(s) (www-plugins/adobe-flash); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-6245
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6245
ubuntu low CVE-2007-6245 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (flashplugin-nonfree), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): ignored 4, not-affected 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6245

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6245

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe flash_player 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-2007-6245

URL Tags
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.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1126.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26929
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26969
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/39134
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9546
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