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CVE-2008-3873

Published: Aug 29, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3873
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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 Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Flash_playerAdobe**
Extras for RHEL 3RedHatflash-plugin-0:9.0.151.0-1.el3.with.oss*
Extras for RHEL 4RedHatflash-plugin-0:9.0.151.0-1.el4*
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatflash-plugin-0:10.0.12.36-2.el5*
Flashplugin-nonfreeUbuntudapper*
Flashplugin-nonfreeUbuntufeisty*
Flashplugin-nonfreeUbuntugutsy*
Flashplugin-nonfreeUbuntuhardy*
Flashplugin-nonfreeUbuntuupstream*

References

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