CVE-2008-2640

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2640
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-06-18 19:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Flex 3 History Management feature in Adobe Flex 3.0.1 SDK and Flex Builder 3, and generated applications, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the anchor identifier to (1) client-side-detection-with-history/history/historyFrame.html, (2) express-installation-with-history/history/historyFrame.html, or (3) no-player-detection-with-history/history/historyFrame.html in templates/html-templates/. NOTE: Firefox 2.0 and possibly other browsers prevent exploitation.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Adobe Flex 3.0.1 All sdk All
Application Adobe Flex Builder 3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Adobe Flex Input Validation Hole in History Manager Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Adobe Flex 3 History Management Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Adobe Flex 3 History Management 'historyFrame.html' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Adobe - Security Advisories : APSB08-14: Update to Flex 3 to address potential cross-site scripting vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.adobe.com Patch
IBM Rational Application Security Insider: JavaScript Code Flow Manipulation, and a real world example advisory - Adobe Flex 3 Dom-Based XSS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.watchfire.com Exploit
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