CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-1867

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Published: Jul 31, 2009 | Modified: Sep 29, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Adobe Flash Player before 9.0.246.0 and 10.x before 10.0.32.18, and Adobe AIR before 1.5.2, allows attackers to trick a user into (1) selecting a link or (2) completing a dialog, related to a clickjacking vulnerability.

Weakness

The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Air Adobe * 1.5.1 (including)
Air Adobe 1.0 (including) 1.0 (including)
Air Adobe 1.01 (including) 1.01 (including)
Air Adobe 1.1 (including) 1.1 (including)
Air Adobe 1.5 (including) 1.5 (including)
Flash_player Adobe * 10.0.22.87 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 7.0.1 (including) 7.0.1 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 7.0.25 (including) 7.0.25 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 7.0.63 (including) 7.0.63 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 7.0.69.0 (including) 7.0.69.0 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 7.0.70.0 (including) 7.0.70.0 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 7.1 (including) 7.1 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 7.1.1 (including) 7.1.1 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 7.2 (including) 7.2 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 8.0 (including) 8.0 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 8.0.24.0 (including) 8.0.24.0 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 8.0.34.0 (including) 8.0.34.0 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 8.0.35.0 (including) 8.0.35.0 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 8.0.39.0 (including) 8.0.39.0 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 9.0.16 (including) 9.0.16 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 9.0.20 (including) 9.0.20 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 9.0.20.0 (including) 9.0.20.0 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 9.0.28 (including) 9.0.28 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 9.0.28.0 (including) 9.0.28.0 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 9.0.31.0 (including) 9.0.31.0 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 9.0.45.0 (including) 9.0.45.0 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 9.0.47.0 (including) 9.0.47.0 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 9.0.48.0 (including) 9.0.48.0 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 9.0.112.0 (including) 9.0.112.0 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 9.0.114.0 (including) 9.0.114.0 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 9.0.115.0 (including) 9.0.115.0 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 9.0.124.0 (including) 9.0.124.0 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 10.0.0.584 (including) 10.0.0.584 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 10.0.12.10 (including) 10.0.12.10 (including)
Flash_player Adobe 10.0.12.36 (including) 10.0.12.36 (including)
Flex Adobe 3.0 (including) 3.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

  • Follow the principle of least privilege when assigning access rights to entities in a software system.
  • Denying access to a file can prevent an attacker from replacing that file with a link to a sensitive file. Ensure good compartmentalization in the system to provide protected areas that can be trusted.

References