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CVE-2011-0609

Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 66.8%

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
66.82% probability · 99th percentile
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

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

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.