CVE-2016-1030

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2016-04-09 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-1030 is rated Moderate Risk (62.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.20%). EPSS rose +1.11% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-1030

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 2026-01-31 1.09% 2.20% +1.11%
2 2025-03-30 3.92% 1.09% -2.83%
3 2025-03-29 — 3.92% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-1030

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 5.2 [email protected]
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-2016-1030

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-1030

vendor priority summary link
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1030
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-1030 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (adobe-flashplugin, flashplugin-nonfree), 8 status rows across 4 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, wily): released 7, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1030

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-1030

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe flash_player <= 11.2.202.577 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player_desktop_runtime <= 21.0.0.197 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flash_player <= 18.0.0.333 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
adobe flash_player <= 21.0.0.197 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer:*:*
adobe flash_player <= 21.0.0.197 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:*
adobe flash_player <= 21.0.0.197 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:*
adobe air_desktop_runtime <= 21.0.0.176 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_desktop_runtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe air_sdk <= 21.0.0.176 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe air_sdk_\&_compiler <= 21.0.0.176 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air_sdk_\&_compiler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-1030

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