CVE-2011-0611
HIGHCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctlDescription
Adobe Flash Player before 10.2.154.27 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris and 10.2.156.12 and earlier on Android; Adobe AIR before 2.6.19140; and Authplay.dll (aka AuthPlayLib.bundle) in Adobe Reader 9.x before 9.4.4 and 10.x through 10.0.1 on Windows, Adobe Reader 9.x before 9.4.4 and 10.x before 10.0.3 on Mac OS X, and Adobe Acrobat 9.x before 9.4.4 and 10.x before 10.0.3 on Windows and Mac OS X allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted Flash content; as demonstrated by a Microsoft Office document with an embedded .swf file that has a size inconsistency in a "group of included constants," object type confusion, ActionScript that adds custom functions to prototypes, and Date objects; and as exploited in the wild in April 2011.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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 100% of all known CVEs.
Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Adobe Flash Player contains a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted Flash content.
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Remediation due: 2022-03-24
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2011/04/12/analysis-of-the-cve-2011-0611-adobe-flash-player-vulnerability-exploitation.aspx
- http://bugix-security.blogspot.com/2011/04/cve-2011-0611-adobe-flash-zero-day.html
- http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2011/04/apr-8-cve-2011-0611-flash-player-zero.html
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/04/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44119
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44141
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44149
- http://secunia.com/blog/210/
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8204
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8292
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-02.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-07.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-08.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17175
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/230057
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0451.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47314
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025324
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025325
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0922
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0923
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0924
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66681
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14175
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