CVE-2016-6936 (GCVE-0-2016-6936)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-09-16 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:43
VLAI
Summary
Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 23.0.0.257 on Windows does not support Android runtime-analytics transport security, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging access to a network over which analytics data is sent.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-09-13 00:00
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