RCE in Adobe Flash Player
CVE-2012-1535
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.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.704 (99.4th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.704 · newest: 0.704 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Adobe Flash Player
- Apple Mac OS X
- Linux Kernel
- Microsoft Windows
- openSUSE — versions 11.4, 12.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 5.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 5.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 5.0
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 10
Weakness classification (CWE)
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)
This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on . CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.
BOD 22-01 due date: .
Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-18.html (Patch, Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1203.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-01.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00012.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00010.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (US Government Resource)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-1535?
- CVE-2012-1535 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2012-08-15.
- How severe is CVE-2012-1535?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2012-1535 known to be exploited?
- Yes. CVE-2012-1535 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-03), indicating it is being actively exploited. 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.