CVE-2011-0609

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.13 and earlier on Windows, Mac OS X,...

7.8 HighIn KEVPublic exploitFix available

CVE-2011-0609 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Adobe Acrobat, published March 15, 2011. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since June 8, 2022. EUVD reports exploitation since June 8, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 63.5%, the 99th percentile. Fixed in flash-plugin 0:10.2.153.1-1.el5.

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.13 and earlier on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris; 10.1.106.16 and earlier on Android; Adobe AIR 2.5.1 and earlier; and Authplay.dll (aka AuthPlayLib.bundle) in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x through 9.4.2 and 10.x through 10.0.1 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted Flash content, as demonstrated by a .swf file embedded in an Excel spreadsheet, and as exploited in the wild in March 2011.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

63.5%Down 22.4 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Record: CVE-2011-0609
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List 7.8

Record: CVE-2011-0609
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2011-0627 7.8

Record: EUVD-2011-0627
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g9g3-3gv9-454q 7.8

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.13 and earlier on Windows, Mac OS X,...

Record: GHSA-g9g3-3gv9-454q
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

CISA KEV No score

Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute code or cause denial-of-service (DoS).

Record: CVE-2011-0609
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`flash-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client	before 0:10.2.153.1-1.el5	0:10.2.153.1-1.el5
`flash-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server	before 0:10.2.153.1-1.el5	0:10.2.153.1-1.el5
`flash-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:6	before 0:10.2.153.1-1.el6	0:10.2.153.1-1.el6

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Metasploit	Adobe Flash Player AVM Bytecode Verification Vulnerability	2011-03-15
Exploit-DB	Adobe Flash Player - AVM Bytecode Verification (Metasploit)	2011-03-23

History

History
When	Changed	Sources
2026-11-03	exploitation, exploits
2026-11-02	created	CVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, Metasploit, NVD, OSV

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