CVE-2017-11305

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Published 2017-12-13 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5

Description

A regression affecting Adobe Flash Player version 27.0.0.187 (and earlier versions) causes the unintended reset of the global settings preference file when a user clears browser data.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@adobe.com — https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-42.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
linux linux-kernel-not-affected
redhat rhel6.0affected
windows windows-not-affected
macos macos-not-affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
adobeflash_player{"endIncluding":"27.0.0.187"}
adobeflash_player_desktop_runtime{"endIncluding":"27.0.0.187"}

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.