{"id":"CVE-2012-1535","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-1535","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T23:39:55.645Z","title":"Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability","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.","published":"2012-08-15T10:31:41.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:39:42.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["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"],"epss":{"score":0.70384,"percentile":0.99385,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2022-03-03","dueDate":"2022-03-24","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1535"},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2012-08-20","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":20624,"kind":"exploit","title":"Adobe Flash Player 11.3 - Font Parsing Code Execution (Metasploit)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20624","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/remote/20624.rb","file":"exploits/windows/remote/20624.rb","published":"2012-08-20","added":"2012-08-20","updated":"2012-08-28","author":"Metasploit","type":"remote","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2012-1535","OSVDB-84607"],"tags":"Metasploit Framework (MSF)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.com/screenshots/idlt21000/screen-shot-2012-08-28-at-90732-am.png","referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00010.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00012.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139455789818399&w=2","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1203.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-01.xml","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-18.html","tags":["Not Applicable","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00010.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00012.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139455789818399&w=2","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1203.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-01.xml","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-18.html","tags":["Not Applicable","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1535","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1535","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}