CVE-2012-1535 — Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
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 Aug
Published
2012-08-15T10:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2025-10-22T00:05:46.712Z
CISA KEV — Actively Exploited
01What is this vulnerability?
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.
02Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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| n | a / n/a | n/a |
03Active exploitation status
Yes — actively exploited. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2022-03-03. Ransomware use: Unknown.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2012-08-15T10:00:00.000Z
- Last modified: 2025-10-22T00:05:46.712Z
- Added to CISA KEV: 2022-03-03
- BOD 22-01 due: 2022-03-24
09References
- www.adobe.com — http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-18.html
- rhn.redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1203.html
- security.gentoo.org — http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-01.xml
- marc.info — http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139455789818399&w=2
- lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00012.html
- lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00010.html
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