Threats / Adobe / CVE-2012-0767
CVE-2012-0767
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Adobe Flash Player vulnerability
Adobe Flash Player contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allowing remote attackers to inject malicious web scripts or HTML code.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
A reflected or stored XSS flaw in Flash Player enables attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in victim browsers within the context of vulnerable web applications, potentially compromising user sessions and data.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
3 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-06-08).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.06662 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Adobe, Flash Player. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) — weakness family: Web / client.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft a malicious URL or web page containing XSS payload targeting Flash Player's input handling.
Business
User trust in web application security is undermined when malicious scripts execute in their browser.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I trick a user into visiting my crafted page or clicking a malicious link embedding the XSS payload.
Business
Customer data and session tokens become exposed to unauthorized access and theft.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I execute JavaScript in the victim's browser session, stealing cookies, credentials, or performing actions on their behalf.
Business
Regulatory compliance violations occur if personal or financial data is compromised through the vulnerability.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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