CVE•Published 2016-05-11•Modified 2026-09-10•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-4117Adobe · Flash_player
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
100
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 0% of all CVEs
Description
Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.226 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in May 2016.
Timeline
Published 2016-05-11
Modified 2026-09-10
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-4117Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Adobe Flash Player"All exposed Adobe Flash Player instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Flash Player"HTTP body or banner mentions "Flash Player" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-4117Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-4117Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-4117Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-4117GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-4117" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (3)
CVE-2016-41173 repos
Ostorlab/KEVunknown
Ostorlab KEV: One-command to detect most remotely known exploitable vulnerabilities. Sourced from CISA KEV, Google's Tsunami, Ostorlab's Asteroid and Bug Bounty programs.
rxerium/CISA-KEVPython
An automated repo to track Nuclei template scanning capabilities against the CISA KEV.
faircomp/linuxmuster-gpo-templatePython
Windows Group Policy toolkit for linuxmuster.net — build, link and permission Windows 11 GPOs directly on the Samba AD DC, no Windows GPMC. Multi-school, idempotent, shipped as the…