CVE-2009-1862

Impact:
Critical
Public Date:
2009-07-21
Bugzilla:
513362: CVE-2009-1862 acroread, flash-plugin: Remote code execution vulnerability via malicious SWF (Shockwave Flash) content

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x through 9.1.2, and Adobe Flash Player 9.x through 9.0.159.0 and 10.x through 10.0.22.87, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via (1) a crafted Flash application in a .pdf file or (2) a crafted .swf file, related to authplay.dll, as exploited in the wild in July 2009.

Find out more about CVE-2009-1862 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras (flash-plugin) RHSA-2009:1189 2009-07-31
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (flash-plugin) RHSA-2009:1188 2009-07-31
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras (flash-plugin) RHSA-2009:1189 2009-07-31

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