Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.124.0 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.124.0. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-3873. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.124.0 (Multimedia Player Software). Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

The System.setClipboard method in ActionScript in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to populate the clipboard with a URL that is difficult to delete and does not require user interaction to populate the clipboard, as exploited in the wild in August 2008.

The bug was discovered 08/18/2008. The weakness was disclosed 08/29/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-3873 since 08/29/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 11 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35904 (GLSA-200903-23 : Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116038 (Adobe Flash Player Multiple Security Issues and Vulnerabilities (APSB08-18 )).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 7 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44584), Zero-Day.cz (223), Tenable (35904), SecurityFocus (BID 31117†) and OSVDB (48049†). The entries VDB-3840, VDB-46818, VDB-45322 and VDB-45321 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 35904
Nessus Name: GLSA-200903-23 : Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 61802
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: linux-flashplugin
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-3873 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3873
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43842

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X-Force: 44584
SecurityFocus: 31117 - Adobe Flash Player Clipboard Security Weakness
Secunia: 32448
OSVDB: 48049 - Adobe - Flash Player - Clipboard Security Weakness
SecurityTracker: 1020724
Vulnerability Center: 19857 - Adobe Flash Player System.setClipboard Method Allows Remote Injection to Clipboard, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-2838

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 07/20/2024 17:04
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (76), 08/19/2019 22:29 (10), 07/20/2024 17:04 (24)
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Cache ID: 216:B1F:103

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