CVE-2011-0609
Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 22 June 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.13 and earlier on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris; 10.1.106.16 and earlier on Android; Adobe AIR 2.5.1 and earlier; and Authplay.dll (aka AuthPlayLib.bundle) in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x through 9.4.2 and 10.x through 10.0.1 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted Flash content, as demonstrated by a .swf file embedded in an Excel spreadsheet, and as exploited in the wild in March 2011.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 63.51% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 23 March 2011
- CISA KEV
- Listed 8 June 2022 · due 22 June 2022
- Affected
- adobe/flash player · adobe/acrobat · adobe/acrobat reader · adobe/air · opensuse/opensuse · suse/linux enterprise · google/chrome
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS moved from 63.5% on 24 September 2026 to 63.5% on 30 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
CISA notes
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0609
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2011/03/background-on-apsa11-01-patch-schedule.htmlBroken Link
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/03/stable-and-beta-channel-updates_15.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43751Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43757Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43772Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43856Broken Link
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8152Broken Link
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-06.htmlNot Applicable
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/192052Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0372.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46860Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025210Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025211Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025238Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0655Broken Link
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0656Broken Link
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0688Broken Link
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0732Broken Link
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66078Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14147Broken Link
- http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2011/03/background-on-apsa11-01-patch-schedule.htmlBroken Link
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/03/stable-and-beta-channel-updates_15.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43751Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43757Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43772Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43856Broken Link
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8152Broken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.