CVE-2016-1019 is a critical vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player affecting version 21.0.0.197 and earlier. The flaw allows a remote attacker to trigger an application crash and potentially achieve arbitrary code execution via crafted content delivered through unspecified vectors. The vulnerability was exploited in the wild in April 2016 and was subsequently incorporated into exploit chains used in watering-hole, malvertising, and malicious document campaigns targeting vulnerable Flash installations.
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What an attacker gets, and what they’ve been doing with it.
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Patch, then assume compromise.
No public exploits tracked yet. Mallory keeps watching.
No public exploit code observed for this vulnerability.
Products and vendors Mallory has correlated with this vulnerability. Open in Mallory to drill down to specific CPE configurations and version ranges.
Vendor-confirmed product mapping. Mallory continuously reconciles this list against your asset inventory.
8 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
A critical Adobe Flash Player vulnerability used as a drive-by/watering-hole exploitation vector to execute code and deliver the Elise backdoor.
An Adobe Flash vulnerability previously exploited by the DealersChoice framework via crafted Microsoft Word documents.
A specific vulnerability used by the Astrum exploit kit in this malvertising-driven infection chain.
An Adobe Flash Player vulnerability used by the Stegano exploit kit to compromise victims, selected based on the installed Flash version.
Query your assets running an affected version, and investigate the blast radius.
Every observed campaign linking this CVE to a named adversary.
Malware families riding this exploit, with evidence and IOCs.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.