Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.114.0 ActiveX Control information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.114.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component ActiveX Control. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-4820. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Flash Player up to 9.0.114.0 (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Flash Player ActiveX control in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier on Windows allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via unknown vectors.

The bug was discovered 11/05/2008. The weakness was released 11/10/2008 by Stanford University (Alex) with Stanford University (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-4820 since 10/31/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

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 (46533), Tenable (34815), SecurityFocus (BID 32129†), OSVDB (49781†) and Secunia (SA33179†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-41728, VDB-43202, VDB-45513 and VDB-45512. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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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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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Stanford University (Alex)
Organization: Stanford University
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4820 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4820
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44941
X-Force: 46533
SecurityFocus: 32129 - Adobe Flash Player Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33179
OSVDB: 49781 - CVE-2008-4820 - Adobe - Flash Player - Unspecified Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021148
Vulnerability Center: 19974 - Adobe Flash Player <=9.0.124.0 Flash Player ActiveX Control Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-3444

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/20/2019 16:07
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (78), 08/20/2019 16:07 (13)
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