CVE-2013-0643
HIGH severity · CVSS 8.8 · Improper privilege management · actively exploited (CISA KEV)
8.8CVSS HIGH exploited
Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities).
Added to KEV 2024-09-17. US federal agencies must patch by 2024-10-08.
Summary
The Firefox sandbox in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.67 and 11.x before 11.6.602.171 on Windows and Mac OS X, and before 10.3.183.67 and 11.x before 11.2.202.273 on Linux, does not properly restrict privileges, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted SWF content, as exploited in the wild in February 2013.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)11%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-08.html ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-08.htmlPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00035.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0574.htmlAdvisory