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CVE-2018-12828

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12828 is a critical "use of a component with a known vulnerability" flaw in Adobe Flash Player 30.0.0.134 and earlier, impacting products across Adobe, Apple, Google, Linux, Microsoft, and Red Hat. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, including privilege escalation. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently available and it's not listed in CISA KEV, it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its severity.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 30.0.0.154CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 30.0.0.154CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:chrome:*:*
<= 30.0.0.154CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:edge:*:*
<= 30.0.0.154CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:internet_explorer_11:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0714 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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 (2)

adobepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: flash-plugin-0:30.0.0.154-1.el6_10
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-12828Important

flash-plugin: Privilege Escalation vulnerability (APSB18-25)

Aug 14, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2435
Third Party Advisory
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/flash-player/apsb18-25.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105071
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041448
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry