CVE-2011-0609
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.
ACTIVELY EXPLOITED IN THE WILD
This vulnerability is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability
Adobe Flash Player
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
6/8/2022
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0609
Vulnerability Summary
CVSS v3 Score
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2 Score
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)
This vulnerability has a 92.08% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.
CWE Classification
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