Bug 465736 (CVE-2008-3873) - CVE-2008-3873 flash: clipboard hijack attack
Summary: CVE-2008-3873 flash: clipboard hijack attack
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2008-3873
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
QA Contact:
URL: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=C...
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 466158 466159 466160
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-10-06 07:45 UTC by Tomas Hoger
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:26 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2008-12-19 19:33:04 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2008:0945 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: flash-plugin security update 2008-10-28 14:29:59 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2008:0980 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: flash-plugin security update 2008-11-12 17:23:45 UTC

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
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