CVE-2016-4117 | Netskope Threat Labs

Description

This detection identifies exploitation attempts targeting CVE-2016-4117, which has a CRITICAL severity rating. Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.226 and earlier allows remote cyberattackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in May 2016.

Stats

First seen: January 2022
Last seen: October 2026

CVEs

CVE-2016-4117

Alert name variants

Alert Name	Engine
ByteCode-SWF.Exploit.CVE-2016-4117	ATP Sandbox Adv. Heuristics
Exploit.SWF.CVE-2016-4117.A	AV
Exploit.SWF.CVE-2016-4117.B	AV

Related IPS Signatures

Signature Name	Engine
FILE-FLASH Adobe Flash Player DeleteRangeTimelineOperation type confusion attempt	IPS-SWG

References

nvd.nist.gov