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CVE-2011-0609 kev in the critical feed json

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 o…

published 2011-03-15 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-0627

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-06-08
epss
63.5%
EPSS 63.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.2%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

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

  • google chrome 10.0.648.134
  • flash-plugin RHEL 5 EXTRAS 10.2.153.1-1.el5
  • flash-plugin RHEL 6 EXTRAS 10.2.153.1-1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:0372

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-0609 updated cvss 6.8

flash-plugin: crash and potential arbitrary code execution (APSB11-05)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) flash-plugin 10.2.153.1-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 10.2.153.1-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) flash-plugin 10.2.153.1-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 10.2.153.1-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) flash-plugin 10.2.153.1-1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0372

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/adobe_flashplayer_avm)
  2. Published
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. CISA patch deadline
  5. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
4 y ago
Patch by
2022-06-22 (4 y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Vendor, product
Adobe, Flash Player
CISA name
Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

63.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Technology feeds

References

Sources

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