CVE-2008-3873
N/A
Published: August 29, 2008 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:56 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFlash Player
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 17%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248586-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0945.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0980.html
References (22)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2008/08/clipboard_attack.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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