Adobe Flash Player 8 ActiveX Control navigatetourl cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Adobe Flash Player 8. The affected element is the function navigatetourl of the component ActiveX Control. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2007-6244. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Adobe Flash Player 8 (Multimedia Player Software). This affects the function navigatetourl of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player 9.x up to 9.0.48.0 and 8.x up to 8.0.35.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) a SWF file that uses the asfunction: protocol or (2) the navigateToURL function when used with the Flash Player ActiveX Control in Internet Explorer.

The weakness was disclosed 12/19/2007 by Stanford University (Adobe) with Stanford University (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-6244 since 12/05/2007. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29741 (Flash Player < 7.0.73.0 / 9.0.115.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB07-20)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115679 (Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB07-20)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5867.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (39131), Exploit-DB (30907), Tenable (29741), SecurityFocus (BID 26960†) and OSVDB (41486†). The entries VDB-3525, VDB-3523, VDB-3524 and VDB-3527 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Nessus ID: 29741
Nessus Name: Flash Player < 7.0.73.0 / 9.0.115.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB07-20)
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OpenVAS ID: 60088
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: linux-flashplugin
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Stanford University (Adobe)
Organization: Stanford University
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-6244 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-6244
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40167

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X-Force: 39131
SecurityFocus: 26960 - Adobe Flash Player ActiveX Control 'navigateToURL' API Cross Domain Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 28157
OSVDB: 41486 - Adobe Flash Player ActiveX in MSIE navigateToURL Function XSS
SecurityTracker: 1019116
Vulnerability Center: 17157 - Adobe Flash Player Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-4258

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 01/25/2025 18:37
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (90), 08/01/2019 20:30 (12), 01/05/2025 09:42 (17), 01/25/2025 18:37 (1)
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