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Actively exploited · Published Mar 15, 2011 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2011-0609

High 7.8 Exploited

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Flash Player from Adobe. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on June 8, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 63.5% (higher than 99.2% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit. The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)63.5%top 0.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Jun 8, 2022
Attack tooling1Metasploit

CISA guidance

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

Federal agencies must remediate by Jun 22, 2022.

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

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