The System.setClipboard method in ActionScript in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to populate the…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

17.0% · top 2.9% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (22)

• http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=834256&poid= (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 33390 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-18.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-020.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 32702 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• adobe-flash-setclipboard-hijacking(44584) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/fplayer10_security_changes.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2008/08/clipboard_attack.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 34226 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2838 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1733 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• GLSA-200903-23 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 1020724 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 32759 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0945 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0980 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-440.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 31117 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 248586 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 32448 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2008:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1759 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 09:53 UTC.