CVE-2012-1535 KEV EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 70.4% (pctl 99)
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-03-24.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 11.3.300.271 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.238 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted SWF content, as exploited in the wild in August 2012 with SWF content in a Word document.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 70.38% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2022-03-24 |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-08-15 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
CISA KEV
| Name | Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2022-03-03 |
| Due | 2022-03-24 |
| Vendor / product | Adobe / Flash Player |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (9)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| adobe | flash player |
| apple | mac os x |
| linux | linux kernel |
| microsoft | windows |
| opensuse | opensuse |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux server |
| redhat | enterprise linux workstation |
| suse | linux enterprise desktop |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Adobe Flash Player 11.3 - Font Parsing Code Execution (Metasploit) | 2012-08-20 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00012.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139455789818399&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1203.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-01.xml
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-18.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00012.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139455789818399&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1203.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-01.xml
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-18.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1535
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