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CVE-2011-0609

Published: Mar 15, 2011Updated: Apr 21, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-noinfo
7.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
66.8%
Top 0.8%
CISA KEV
Active Exploitation
Since Jun 8, 2022
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

Adobe Systems Inc.
commercial·USaka adobe
Flash PlayerDesktop App
Consumer Software / media-player
acrobat readerOn-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / productivity
airLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
opensuse
oss-project·DE
opensuseOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
suse
commercial·DE
linux enterpriseOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
google
commercial·USaka google inc, google llc
chromeOn-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / browser
and 3 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Added to KEV:Jun 8, 2022
Remediation due:Jun 22, 2022

Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Official Patch Available
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References

http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2011/03/background-on-apsa11-01-patch-schedule.html
blogs.adobe.com
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/03/stable-and-beta-channel-updates_15.html
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org
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