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CVE-2013-5331 Detail

Description

Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.257 and 11.8.x and 11.9.x before 11.9.900.170 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.332 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 3.9.0.1380, Adobe AIR SDK before 3.9.0.1380, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 3.9.0.1380 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted .swf content that leverages an unspecified "type confusion," as exploited in the wild in December 2013.


Evaluator Description

Per: http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb13-28.html "Adobe is aware of reports that an exploit designed to trick the user into opening a Microsoft Word document with malicious Flash (.swf) content exists for CVE-2013-5331."

Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Hyperlink Resource
http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb13-28.html Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00008.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00075.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00084.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1818.html Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-5331
NVD Published Date:
12/11/2013
NVD Last Modified:
12/13/2018
Source:
Adobe Systems Incorporated