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CVE-2011-0609

95
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-0609 is an unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR, Adobe Reader, and Acrobat across multiple operating systems. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via crafted Flash content, such as a .swf file embedded in an Excel spreadsheet. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability was actively exploited in the wild in March 2011, has available Metasploit modules, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.2.154.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 10.1.106.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.0, <= 9.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
66.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Jun 8, 2022
Metasploit: Adobe Flash Player AVM Bytecode Verification Vulnerability · Mar 15, 2011
ExploitDB: EDB-17027 · Mar 23, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6682 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 11,615 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:10.2.153.1-1.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: flash-plugin-0:10.2.153.1-1.el5
View patch
adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-0609Critical

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

Mar 14, 2011

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
blogs.adobe.com / asset/2011/03/background-on-apsa11-01-patch-schedule.html
Broken Link
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2011/03/stable-and-beta-channel-updates_15.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/43751
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/43757
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/43772
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/43856
Broken Link
securityreason.com / securityalert/8152
Broken Link
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/66078
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14147
Broken Link
adobe.com / support/security/advisories/apsa11-01.html
Vendor Advisory
adobe.com / support/security/bulletins/apsb11-06.html
Not Applicable
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/192052
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0372.html
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/46860
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0655
Broken Link
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0656
Broken Link
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0688
Broken Link
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0732
Broken Link