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CVE-2010-1280

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1280 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player versions prior to 11.5.7.609, affecting both Windows and macOS systems. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through specially crafted .dir files. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). While not currently on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-12578), though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 11.5.7.609CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:shockwave_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
16.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-12578 · May 12, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1664 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2010-05/0139.html
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/38751
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7184
Tool Signature
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb10-12.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/511257/100/0/threaded
Broken LinkVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1128
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
zeroscience.mk / codes/shockwave_mem.txt
ExploitThird Party Advisory
zeroscience.mk / en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2010-4937.php
ExploitThird Party Advisory