CVE-2013-0643: Adobe Flash Player Incorrect Default Permissions Vulnerability

High severity, CVSS 8.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2024-09-17. EPSS: 10.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Adobe Flash Player: before 10.3.183.67 (fixed in 10.3.183.67); from 11.0, before 11.6.602.171 (fixed in 11.6.602.171); from 11.0, before 11.2.202.273 (fixed in 11.2.202.273)
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 11.4 only; version 12.1 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus: version 5.9 only; version 6.4 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 5.9 only; version 6.4 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: version 10 only; version 11 only

Published 2013-02-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.