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Exploited in the wild High confidence Not in CISA KEV

CVE-2010-3653

Shockwave Player Denial of Service

Adobe / Shockwave Player

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Severity
CVSS 9.3 · High
Confidence
High
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
74.6%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

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What it is

CVE-2010-3653 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Adobe Shockwave Player. The Director module (dirapi.dll) in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.9.615 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is high. Also confirmed by third-party sources.

Who is affected?

Adobe / Shockwave Player.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Shockwave Player Denial of Service

The Director module (dirapi.dll) in Adobe Shockwave Player before 11.5.9.615 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a Director movie with a crafted rcsL chunk containing a field whose value is used as a pointer offset, as exploited in the wild in October 2010.

NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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Published
26 Oct 2010
Exploitation Reported
26 Oct 2010
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
—
Privileges
None
User interaction
—

Tags

metasploit

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CVE

Recorded 26 Oct 2010

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Proof of concept available

Recorded 28 Apr 2025

Public scanner or PoC coverage increases practical exploitability.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CVE First 2010-10-26 17:00 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

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Callback hosts
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Virtual patch status

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Scanner Reference Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/adobe_shockwave_rcsl_corruption.rb 28 Apr 2025

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v2.0

9.3 High

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

74.6%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer CWE-119

Potential Proof of Concepts

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adobe_shockwave_rcsl_corruption

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2010-3653

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 15:02 UTC

    Metasploit module available

    Exploit module available

  2. 15:02 UTC

    Public PoC available

    Public proof-of-concept code published

  3. 17:00 UTC

    Added to Previdian KEV Feed

    High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation

  4. 17:00 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  5. 00:00 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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  "cve_id": "CVE-2010-3653",
  "confidence": "High",
  "cvss_score": 9.3,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.74626,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}