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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
APSA11-01 Security Advisory for Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Acrobat Adobe Flash Critical 18-03-2011

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
A critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player 10.2.152.33 and earlier versions (Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.18 and earlier for Chrome users) for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris operating systems, Adobe Flash Player 10.1.106.16 and earlier versions for Android, and the Authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat X (10.0.1) and earlier 10.x and 9.x versions of Reader and Acrobat for Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
Detailed Information on the risk:

This vulnerability could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. There are reports that this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild in targeted attacks via a Flash (.swf) file embedded in a Microsoft Excel (.xls) file delivered as an email attachment.


Further information on this exploit is available at : APSA11-01

Affected Software

Adobe Flash Player 10.2.152.33 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris operating systems
Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.18 and earlier for Chrome users
Adobe Flash Player 10.1.106.16 and earlier for Android
The Authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat X (10.0.1) and earlier 10.x and 9.x versions for Windows and Macintosh operating systems.