CVE-2008-3873

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 17.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-08-29 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: all versions

References

http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2008/08/clipboard_attack.html
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1733
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1759
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32448
http://secunia.com/advisories/32702
http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
http://secunia.com/advisories/33390
http://secunia.com/advisories/34226
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020724
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248586-1

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