CVE-2012-1535: Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name
Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor
Adobe
Product
Flash Player
Added to the catalog
2022-03-03
Due date for US federal agencies
2022-03-24
Catalog version
2026.10.30

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via crafted SWF content.

Required action (CISA)

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

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

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NVD analysis

Status
Analyzed
Published
2012-08-15T10:31:40.677
Last modified
2026-06-16T23:39:42.360
Weaknesses
CWE-20, CWE-94

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.

MetricScoreSeverityVectorScored by
CVSS 3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H[email protected] (Primary)
CVSS 3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 2.09.3HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C[email protected] (Primary)

References

  • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00010.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00012.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139455789818399&w=2 (Mailing List)
  • http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1203.html (Third Party Advisory)
  • http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-01.xml (Third Party Advisory)
  • http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-18.html (Not Applicable, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
  • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00010.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00012.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139455789818399&w=2 (Mailing List)
  • http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1203.html (Third Party Advisory)
  • http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-01.xml (Third Party Advisory)
  • http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-18.html (Not Applicable, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
  • https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1535 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Assigner
mitre
State
PUBLISHED
Published
2012-08-15T10:00:00.000Z
Updated
2025-10-22T00:05:46.712Z
Problem types
n/a

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.

References

  • http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-18.html
  • RHSA-2012:1203
  • GLSA-201209-01
  • HPSBMU02948
  • SUSE-SU-2012:1001
  • openSUSE-SU-2012:0996

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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

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CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2012-1535: Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-1fbda9ac8156, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2012-1535 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-16T23:39:42.360.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2025-10-22T00:05:46.712Z.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.

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