CVE-2011-0609
· published 2011-03-15
Source record Collected from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
CISA lists this CVE as known exploited (added 2022-06-08).
- CISA's name for it: Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability
- CISA's description: Adobe Flash Player contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service (DoS).
- Known ransomware campaign use, per CISA: Unknown
- CISA states: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Source: CISA KEV catalog (CC0 1.0).
Description
Description by Adobe Systems Incorporated via the CVE Program.
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.
Status at the source
- NVD status: Analyzed
Affected products, as the source lists them
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a: affected |
Products named in NVD's CPE match criteria (7)
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:10.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
DeSpy has not checked any unit, hardware revision or firmware. A product missing here is not a statement that it is unaffected.
Scores, as their sources published them
- CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HIGH — as published by NIST (Primary)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HIGH — as published by CISA-ADP (Secondary)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0: 9.3 HIGH — as published by NIST (Primary)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - SSVC — CISA's assessment (SSVC 2.0.3, CISA Coordinator): Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
DeSpy does not score records. These are the sources' own values.
Weaknesses
NVD-CWE-noinfo
Sources
References the source lists
- http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2011/03/background-on-apsa11-01-patch-schedule.html
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/03/stable-and-beta-channel-updates_15.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43751
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43757
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43772
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43856
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8152
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-01.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-06.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/192052
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0372.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46860
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025210
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025211
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025238
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0655
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0656
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0688
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0732
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66078
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14147
- http://blogs.adobe.com/asset/2011/03/background-on-apsa11-01-patch-schedule.html
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/03/stable-and-beta-channel-updates_15.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43751
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43757
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43772
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43856
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8152
The source lists more references.
Source dates: published 2011-03-15, last changed 2026-06-16. DeSpy's copy of this version is dated 2026-09-28.
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