CVE-2011-0609
HIGHCISA KEVEPSS 99th pctlDescription
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 v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability
Adobe Flash Player contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service (DoS).
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Remediation due: 2022-06-22
References
- http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2011/03/background-on-apsa11-01-patch-schedule.html
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/03/stable-and-beta-channel-updates_15.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43751
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43757
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43772
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43856
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8152
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-01.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-06.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/192052
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0372.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46860
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025210
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025211
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025238
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0655
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0656
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0688
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0732
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66078
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14147
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2011-0609
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