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CVE-2011-0611

Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Adobe Flash Player before 10.2.154.27 on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris and 10.2.156.12 and earlier on Android.

Adobe AIR before 2.6.19140.

and Authplay.dll (aka AuthPlayLib.bundle) in Adobe Reader 9.x before 9.4.4 and 10.x through 10.0.1 on Windows, Adobe Reader 9.x before 9.4.4 and 10.x before 10.0.3 on Mac OS X, and Adobe Acrobat 9.x before 9.4.4 and 10.x before 10.0.3 on Windows and Mac OS X allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted Flash content.

as demonstrated by a Microsoft Office document with an embedded .swf file that has a size inconsistency in a "group of included constants," object type confusion, ActionScript that adds custom functions to prototypes, and Date objects.

and as exploited in the wild in April 2011.

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 ⚠ CISA KEV EPSS 0.9348

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Listed on CISA KEV (known exploited in the wild)
SSVC exploitation status: active
EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
EPSS percentile: top 0% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Public exploit or PoC is available
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules10 YARA rules0

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Required Remediation

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

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Threat Actors Linked

1

actorAPT1

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Weakness Classification

CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

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Affected Products & Versions

11

adobe flash player< 10.2.154.27
adobe flash player<= 10.2.156.12
adobe acrobat reader>= 9.0 and < 9.4.4
adobe acrobat reader>= 10.0 and <= 10.0.1
adobe air< 2.6.19140
adobe acrobat reader>= 10.0 and < 10.0.3
adobe acrobat>= 9.0 and < 9.4
adobe acrobat>= 10.0 and < 10.0.3
Show all 11 affected productsgoogle chrome< 10.0.648.205
opensuseall versions
suse linux enterprise desktopall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

5

localAdobe Reader X 10.0.0 < 10.0.1 - Atom Type Confusionverified
remoteAdobe Flash Player 10.2.153.1 - SWF Memory Corruption (Metasploit)verified
pocbugix-security.blogspot.com · cve-2011-0611-adobe-flash-zero-day.htmlbugix-security.blogspot.com
poccontagiodump.blogspot.com · apr-8-cve-2011-0611-flash-player-zero.htmlcontagiodump.blogspot.com
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 17175www.exploit-db.com

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Sigma Hunt Rules

10

Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

producthighFlash Player Update from Suspicious Location

producthighRunning Chrome VPN Extensions via the Registry 2 VPN Extension

productmediumPotential Chrome Frame Helper DLL Sideloading

productcriticalHackTool - Windows Credential Editor (WCE) Execution

productcriticalWindows Credential Editor Registry

producthighOpenCanary - MSSQL Login Attempt Via Windows Authentication

Show all 10 top matches

producthighWindows LAPS Credential Dump From Entra ID

producthighTamper Windows Defender - PSClassic

producthighTamper Windows Defender Remove-MpPreference - ScriptBlockLogging

producthighTamper Windows Defender - ScriptBlockLogging

See all related Sigma rules for this CVE

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Scoring & Timeline

8.8

HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · psirt@adobe.com

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Attack Vector

Network Adjacent Local Physical

Attack Complexity

Low High

Privileges Required

None Low High

User Interaction

None Required

Scope

Unchanged Changed

Confidentiality

None Low High

Integrity

None Low High

Availability

None Low High

Published to NVD13 Apr 2011 · 02:55 PM

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

SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment

Exploitation

active

Automatable

no

Technical impact

total

SSVC asks the questions that actually drive patch urgency: is it being exploited, can attacks be automated, and how total is the impact.

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Vendor Advisories

2

cisaKEV-CVE-2011-0611

rhsaRHSA-2011:0451Critical

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References & Sources

23

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2011/04/12/analysis-of-the-cve-2011-0611-adobe-flash-player-vulnerability-exploitation.aspxNot Applicable

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/04/stable-channel-update.htmlRelease Notes

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00004.htmlMailing ListPatch

http://secunia.com/advisories/44119Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/44141Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/44149Broken LinkVendor Advisory

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http://secunia.com/blog/210/Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8204Third Party Advisory

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8292Third Party Advisory

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa11-02.htmlBroken LinkVendor Advisory

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-07.htmlBroken LinkVendor Advisory

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-08.htmlBroken LinkVendor Advisory

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/230057Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0451.htmlBroken LinkVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47314Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025324Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025325Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0922Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0923Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0924Broken LinkVendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66681Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14175Broken Link

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2011-0611US Government Resource

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