CVE-2009-1863

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.246.0 and 10.x before 10.0.32.18, and Adobe AIR before 1.5.2, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, related to a "privilege escalation vulnerability."

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.42% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory adobe.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266108-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00003.html vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-04.xml vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3864
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35900 patch vdb entry
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-13.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022629 vdb entry
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16391 signature vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2086 patch vendor advisory vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35890 patch vdb entry
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36374 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6961 signature vdb entry
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
http://secunia.com/advisories/36193 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52179 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1863?
CVE-2009-1863 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1863?
To fix CVE-2009-1863, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-1863 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-1863 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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