Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.114.0 cross site scripting

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.114.0. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-4818. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.114.0 (Multimedia Player Software). This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving HTTP response headers.

The bug was discovered 11/05/2008. The weakness was shared 11/10/2008 by Stanford University (Alex) with Stanford University (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-4818 since 10/31/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34815 (Adobe AIR < 1.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB08-23)), 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 116081 (Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 and Security Update 2008-008 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2008-12-15)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 1 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46531), Tenable (34815), SecurityFocus (BID 32129†), OSVDB (49753†) and Secunia (SA32702†). The entries VDB-41728, VDB-43202, VDB-45513 and VDB-45512 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 34815
Nessus Name: Adobe AIR < 1.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB08-23)
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OpenVAS ID: 800055
OpenVAS Name: Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - Nov08 (Linux)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Stanford University (Alex)
Organization: Stanford University
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4818 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4818
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44939

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X-Force: 46531
SecurityFocus: 32129 - Adobe Flash Player Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 32702
OSVDB: 49753 - CVE-2008-4818 - Adobe - Flash Player - Cross-Site Scripting Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021146
Vulnerability Center: 19973 - Adobe Flash Player <=9.0.124.0 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-3444

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/20/2019 15:55
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (78), 08/20/2019 15:55 (13)
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Cache ID: 216:1A3:103

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