Actively exploited · Published Jan 23, 2015 · Assigned by adobe
CVE-2015-0311
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 April 13, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 85.6% (higher than 99.7% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, public proof-of-concept code. The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
CISA guidance
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Federal agencies must remediate by May 4, 2022.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player through 13.0.0.262 and 14.x, 15.x, and 16.x through 16.0.0.287 on Windows and OS X and through 11.2.202.438 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, as exploited in the wild in January 2015.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- GLSA-201502-02 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- 62660 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
- 62740 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
- 62432 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
- 62650 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
- SUSE-SU-2015:0163 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- 72283 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
- 62543 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/2755801 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-03.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- SUSE-SU-2015:0151 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-01.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- 1031597 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://malware.dontneedcoffee.com/2015/01/unpatched-vulnerability-0day-in-flash.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-0311 government-resource
- https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/196 issue-tracking