CVE-2008-3873

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3873
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-08-29 17:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

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

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Adobe Flash Player All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Can Adobe mitigate ‘clipboard hijack’ issue? | Zero Day | ZDNet.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blogs.zdnet.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Red Hat update for flash-plugin - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:025 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Adobe - Developer Center : Understanding the security changes in Flash Player 10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.adobe.com
Adobe Flash Player Clipboard Security Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Adobe Flash ads launching clipboard hijack attack | Zero Day | ZDNet.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blogs.zdnet.com
ASA-2008-440 (RHSA-2008-0980) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Adobe - Security Advisories : APSB08-18: Flash Player update available to address security vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.adobe.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Adobe Flash Player setClipboard() Function Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Red Hat update for flash-plugin - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT): Clipboard attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blogs.adobe.com
ASA-2009-020 (SUN 248586) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Nortel: Technical Support: Nortel Response to Sun Alert 248586 - Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the Flash Player Plugin for Solaris af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.nortel.com
Gentoo update for netscape-flash - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
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