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CVE-2013-0643

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 an

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Listed in CISA KEV
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Adobe Flash Player's Firefox sandbox on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux does not properly limit what the software is allowed to do. This allows a remote attacker to run arbitrary code on a user's computer by using specially crafted SWF content.

Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.

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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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Added to CISA KEV

    CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

  3. CISA remediation deadline

    Due date for US federal agencies to patch

  4. Record last updated
  5. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 5

rhn.redhat.com

adobe.com

lists.opensuse.org