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Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2012-2034

Flash Player Denial of Service

Adobe / Flash Player

Severity
CVSS 7.5 · High
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
7.8%
First observed
Last observed

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

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What it is

CVE-2012-2034 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player. Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.3.300.257 on Windows and Mac OS X; before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before...

Is it exploited?

Yes. KEV Intelligence tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed.

Who is affected?

Adobe / Flash Player.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Flash Player Denial of Service

Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.3.300.257 on Windows and Mac OS X; before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.2.202.236 on Linux; before 11.1.111.10 on Android 2.x and 3.x; and before 11.1.115.9 on Android 4.x, and Adobe AIR before 3.3.0.3610, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2037.

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Published
09 Jun 2012
Exploitation Reported
28 Mar 2022
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required

Tags

android windows cisa macos linux

CVE References

  • CVE Record CVE.org · CVE Record https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2034
  • RHSA-2012:0722 rhn.redhat.com · Vendor Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0722.html
  • SUSE-SU-2012:0724 lists.opensuse.org · Vendor Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00007...
  • openSUSE-SU-2012:0723 lists.opensuse.org · Vendor Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00006...
  • adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-14.html adobe.com · CVE Record http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-14.html

Exploitation evidence

Why KEV Intelligence marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 28 Mar 2022

Independent exploitation attestation added to the KEV Intelligence record.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2022-03-28 00:00 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
0
User-Agents
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

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No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

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

EPSS

7.8%

All CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1 7.5 High

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

CVSS v2.0 9.3 High

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  2. CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  3. CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2012-2034",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 7.5,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.078,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}

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