CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3873
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-08-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• adobe flash player
References
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2008/08/clipboard_attack.html blogs.adobe.com
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1733 blogs.zdnet.com
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1759 blogs.zdnet.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32448 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32702 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33390 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34226 secunia.com
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020724 securitytracker.com
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248586-1 sunsolve.sun.com
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-440.htm support.avaya.com
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-020.htm support.avaya.com
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=834256&poid= support.nortel.com
- http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/fplayer10_security_changes.html www.adobe.com
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-18.html www.adobe.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0945.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0980.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31117 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2838 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44584 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2008/08/clipboard_attack.html blogs.adobe.com
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1733 blogs.zdnet.com
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1759 blogs.zdnet.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32448 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32702 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33390 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34226 secunia.com
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020724 securitytracker.com
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248586-1 sunsolve.sun.com
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-440.htm support.avaya.com
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-020.htm support.avaya.com
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=834256&poid= support.nortel.com
- http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/fplayer10_security_changes.html www.adobe.com
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-18.html www.adobe.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0945.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0980.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31117 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2838 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44584 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com