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CVE-2012-1535

Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 70.4%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 24 March 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 11.3.300.271 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.238 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted SWF content, as exploited in the wild in August 2012 with SWF content in a Word document.

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
70.38% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 3 March 2022 · due 24 March 2022
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-94
Affected
adobe/flash player · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · opensuse/opensuse · suse/linux enterprise desktop
Source
cve@mitre.org

CISA notes

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1535

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