--- title: "CVE-2012-2040\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2040?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2012-2040 Publication date 9 June 2012 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.3.300.257 on Windows and Mac OS X; before 10.3.183.20 and 11.x before 11.2.202.236 on Linux; before 11.1.111.10 on Android 2.x and 3.x; and before 11.1.115.9 on Android 4.x, and Adobe AIR before 3.3.0.3610, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in an unspecified directory. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | adobe-flashplugin | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 11.2.202.236-0precise1 | | 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 11.2.202.236-0oneiric1 | | 11.04 natty | Fixed 11.2.202.236-0natty1 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 11.2.202.236-0lucid1 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life | | flashplugin-nonfree | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 11.2.202.236ubuntu0.12.04.1 | | 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 11.2.202.236ubuntu0.11.10.1 | | 11.04 natty | Fixed 11.2.202.236ubuntu0.11.04.1 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 11.2.202.236ubuntu0.10.04.1 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2040) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2040) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-2040) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2040) ### Other references * *