CVE-2016-6936
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAdobe 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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceAdobe AIR SDK and Compiler versions before 23.0.0.257 fail to implement transport security (likely TLS/SSL) for analytics data transmitted from Android runtime applications. This allows network attackers on the same network path to intercept and read sensitive analytics information being sent from the mobile application.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 22.0.0.153CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Adobe AIR SDK installationLocate the Adobe AIR SDK/Compiler installation directory. Common paths include /opt/air or C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe AIR SDK on Linux/Windows. Look for the SDK folder and its version file or readme.Affected if Adobe AIR SDK version 22.0.0.153 or earlier is installed
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Check installed SDK versionOpen the SDK's readme.txt, version.xml, or run 'air -version' from the bin directory. Note the full version number displayed.Affected if Version number is 22.0.0.153 or any version earlier than 23.0.0.257
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Determine target Android application typeReview the AIR application descriptor XML file (app.xml) for the target platform. Check if <android> element exists or if the application is being packaged for Android using -target android or -target apk.Affected if Building or packaging applications for Android platform using the AIR SDK
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Check for analytics feature usageExamine the ActionScript/AS3 source code for imports and usage of analytics modules such as 'analytics' or 'AdobeMobileLibrary'. Look for any analytics service configuration in the application code.Affected if Application code references or implements Adobe analytics or similar tracking functionality for Android
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Verify transport security implementationReview the application's network requests or analytics configuration to confirm if HTTPS/TLS is enforced for outbound data transmission. Check for any hardcoded HTTP URLs in analytics-related code.Affected if Analytics data is transmitted over unencrypted HTTP instead of HTTPS
You are affected if Adobe AIR SDK/Compiler version 22.0.0.153 or earlier is installed and you are building Android applications that transmit analytics data without encryption.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Adobe AIR SDK and Compiler to version 23.0.0.257 or later, which implements proper transport security for Android runtime analytics. Verify analytics functionality works correctly after the upgrade.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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