Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64; Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610; and Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3,
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Now (action score 86/100)
- CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Jun 8, 2022). Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Jun 22, 2022.
- A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 82.5% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.6% of all records.
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:3) 0:9.0.277.0-1.el3.with.oss; acroread (Red Hat:rhel_extras:4) 0:9.3.3-2.el4; acroread-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:4) 0:9.3.3-2.el4.
Patch today or shut off access. Upgrade to flash-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:3) 0:9.0.277.0-1.el3.with.oss; acroread (Red Hat:rhel_extras:4) 0:9.3.3-2.el4; acroread-plugin (Red Hat:rhel_extras:4) 0:9.3.3-2.el4 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.277.0 and 10.x before 10.1.53.64; Adobe AIR before 2.0.2.12610; and Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.3.3, and 8.x before 8.2.3 on Windows and Mac OS X, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted SWF content, related to authplay.dll and the ActionScript Virtual Machine 2 (AVM2) newfunction instruction, as exploited in the wild in June 2010.
- Published
- Jun 8, 2010
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 82.5% · 100th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-787
Report tools
Action score
86
Now
Patch today or shut off access.
- CVSS
- 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 30 / 30 · Listed
- EPSS
- 25 / 30 · 82.5%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- active
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
Actively exploited in the wild
CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Jun 8, 2022. That signals real attacks, not theory.
Remediation deadline for government agencies: Jun 22, 2022.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| adobe | air | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:air |
| adobe | flash player | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player |
| adobe | acrobat | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat |
| apple | mac os x | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x |
| microsoft | windows | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows |
| opensuse | opensuse | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse |
| suse | linux enterprise | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- adobe acrobat8.0 and later · before 8.2.3
- adobe acrobat9.0 and later · before 9.3.3
- adobe airbefore 2.0.2.12610
- adobe flash player10.0 and later · before 10.1.53.64
- adobe flash playerbefore 9.0.277.0
- opensuse opensuse11.0 and later · up to 11.2 inclusive
- suse linux enterprise10.0
- suse linux enterprise11.0
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:3 | flash-plugin | before 0:9.0.277.0-1.el3.with.oss | 0:9.0.277.0-1.el3.with.oss |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | acroread | before 0:9.3.3-2.el4 | 0:9.3.3-2.el4 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | acroread-plugin | before 0:9.3.3-2.el4 | 0:9.3.3-2.el4 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | flash-plugin | before 0:9.0.277.0-1.el4 | 0:9.0.277.0-1.el4 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | acroread | before 0:9.3.3-1.el5 | 0:9.3.3-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | acroread-plugin | before 0:9.3.3-1.el5 | 0:9.3.3-1.el5 |
| Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | flash-plugin | before 0:10.1-2.el5 | 0:10.1-2.el5 |
Same product
adobe: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2007-6019Adobe Flash Player 9.0.115.0 and earlier, and 8.0.39.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SWF file with a55Plan
- CVE-2015-5563Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.232 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.508 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 54Plan
- CVE-2015-3093Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.289 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.188 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.460 on Linux, Adobe AIR54Plan
- CVE-2015-3089Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.289 and 14.x through 17.x before 17.0.0.188 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.460 on Linux, Adobe AIR54Plan
- CVE-2015-8430Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.268 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.228 on Windows and OS X and before 11.253Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| red hat:acroread | 0:9.3.3-2.el4 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:acroread-plugin | 0:9.3.3-2.el4 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:flash-plugin | 0:10.1-2.el5 · Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
Weaponized
A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.
Evidence
- Metasploit module ×2
- Exploit-DB entry ×4
Noroxi does not host or link to exploit code. Metasploit module names and Nuclei template ids are shown (names, not code); Exploit-DB entries and PoC repositories are given as counts only.
| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB entry | remote | 2010-06-09 |
| Exploit-DB entry | local | 2010-09-20 |
| Exploit-DB entry | local | 2010-09-25 |
| Exploit-DB entry | remote | 2010-09-01 |
| Metasploit module | exploit/windows/browser/adobe_flashplayer_newfunctionAdobe Flash Player "newfunction" Invalid Pointer Useexploit | 2010-06-04 |
| Metasploit module | exploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_flashplayer_newfunctionAdobe Flash Player "newfunction" Invalid Pointer Useexploit | 2010-06-04 |
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Metasploit-5 d
- Published
- First PoCsame day
- CISA KEV+4382 d
- TodayOct 14, 2026+5972 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds WriteCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02273751
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00000.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- secunia.com/advisories/40026
- secunia.com/advisories/40034
- secunia.com/advisories/40144
- secunia.com/advisories/40545
- secunia.com/advisories/43026
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-09.xml
- securitytracker.com/id?1024057
- securitytracker.com/id?1024058
- securitytracker.com/id?1024085
- securitytracker.com/id?1024086
- support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
- www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-01.html
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.html
- www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/13787
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.