ActionScript in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier does not require user interaction in conjunction with (1) the…

Description

ActionScript 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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

9.0% · top 4.7% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (18)

• 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
• 32270 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 32702 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/fplayer10_security_changes.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
• 1021061 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• GLSA-200903-23 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_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
• 248586 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 32448 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• adobe-flash-filereference-file-upload(45913) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2008:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2008-4401](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2008-4401.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2008-4401)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 10:17 UTC.