CVE-2012-1535

Published: Aug 15, 2012Updated: Apr 22, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-20

7.8HIGH

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

CWE-20 CWE-94

Affected Products

Novell Inc.

commercial·DEaka suse

linux enterprise desktopOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

openSUSEOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

Suse Linux Enterprise DesktopOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

Adobe Systems Inc.

commercial·USaka adobe

Flash PlayerDesktop App

Consumer Software / media-player

Flash Player for Linux

Consumer Software

redhat

commercial·USaka red hat

enterprise linux workstationOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

opensuse

oss-project·DE

opensuseOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Added to KEV:Mar 3, 2022

Remediation due:Mar 24, 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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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Execution

Initial Access

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References

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-18.html

adobe.com

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1203.html

rhn.redhat.com

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-01.xml

security.gentoo.org

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