CVE-2008-4401

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4401
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-17 19:31:15 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionActionScript in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier does not require user interaction in conjunction with (1) the FileReference.browse operation in the FileReference upload API or (2) the FileReference.download operation in the FileReference download API, which allows remote attackers to create a browse dialog box, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via an SWF file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Adobe Flash Player 7.0 All All All
Application Adobe Flash Player 7.0.1 All All All
Application Adobe Flash Player 7.0.25 All All All
Application Adobe Flash Player 7.0.63 All All All
Application Adobe Flash Player 7.0.69.0 All All All
Application Adobe Flash Player 7.0.70.0 All All All
Application Adobe Flash Player 7.0_r67 All All All
Application Adobe Flash Player 7.1 All All All
Application Adobe Flash Player 7.1.1 All All All
Application Adobe Flash Player 7.2 All All All
Application Adobe Flash Player 8.0 All All All
Application Adobe Flash Player 8.0.24.0 All All All
Application Adobe Flash Player 8.0.34.0 All All All
Application Adobe Flash Player 8.0.35.0 All All All
Application Adobe Flash Player 8.0.39.0 All All All
Application Adobe Flash Player 9.0 All All All
Application Adobe Flash Player 9.0.112.0 All All All
Application Adobe Flash Player 9.0.114.0 All All All
Application Adobe Flash Player 9.0.115.0 All All All
Application Adobe Flash Player All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
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
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[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
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 Patch, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Adobe Flash FileReference API Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for flash-plugin - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
ASA-2009-020 (SUN 248586) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.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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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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