Bug 465736 (CVE-2008-3873)

Summary:	CVE-2008-3873 flash: clipboard hijack attack
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Tomas Hoger <thoger>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	ed.costello, emhuang, kreilly, mmelanso, mtilburg, tcallawa, wtogami
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-3873
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Bug Depends On:	466158, 466159, 466160
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Description Tomas Hoger 2008-10-06 07:45:35 UTC

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-3873 to the following vulnerability:

The System.setClipboard method in Adobe Flash Player allows remote attackers to
populate the clipboard with a URL that is difficult to delete, as exploited in
the wild in August 2008.

References:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1733
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1759
http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2008/08/clipboard_attack.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31117
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020724 

Demo:
http://raffon.net/research/flash/cb/test.html

Comment 2 Red Hat Product Security 2008-12-19 19:33:04 UTC

This issue was addressed in:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras:
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0945.html
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0980.html