CVE-2011-0611 KEV EXPLOIT
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On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-03-24.
Description
Adobe Flash Player before 10.2.154.27 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris and 10.2.156.12 and earlier on Android; Adobe AIR before 2.6.19140; and Authplay.dll (aka AuthPlayLib.bundle) in Adobe Reader 9.x before 9.4.4 and 10.x through 10.0.1 on Windows, Adobe Reader 9.x before 9.4.4 and 10.x before 10.0.3 on Mac OS X, and Adobe Acrobat 9.x before 9.4.4 and 10.x before 10.0.3 on Windows and Mac OS X allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted Flash content; as demonstrated by a Microsoft Office document with an embedded .swf file that has a size inconsistency in a "group of included constants," object type confusion, ActionScript that adds custom functions to prototypes, and Date objects; and as exploited in the wild in April 2011.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.8 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 99.41% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-843 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2022-03-24 |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2011-04-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
CISA KEV
| Name | Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2022-03-03 |
| Due | 2022-03-24 |
| Vendor / product | Adobe / Flash Player |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (13)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| adobe | acrobat |
| adobe | acrobat reader |
| adobe | adobe air |
| adobe | flash player |
| apple | mac os x |
| android | |
| chrome | |
| chrome os | |
| linux | linux kernel |
| microsoft | windows |
| opensuse | opensuse |
| oracle | solaris |
| suse | linux enterprise desktop |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Adobe Reader X 10.0.0 < 10.0.1 - Atom Type Confusion | 2011-07-03 |
| exploit-db | Adobe Flash Player 10.2.153.1 - SWF Memory Corruption (Metasploit) | 2011-04-16 |
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2011/04/12/analysis-of-the-cve-2011-0611-adobe-flash-player-vulnerability-exploitation.aspx
- http://bugix-security.blogspot.com/2011/04/cve-2011-0611-adobe-flash-zero-day.html
- http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2011/04/apr-8-cve-2011-0611-flash-player-zero.html
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/04/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44119
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44141
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44149
- http://secunia.com/blog/210/
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8204
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8292
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-02.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-07.html
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-08.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17175
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/230057
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0451.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47314
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025324
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025325
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