CVE-2008-4401

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-10-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: through 9.0.124.0; 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.25, 7.0.63, 7.0.69.0, 7.0.70.0 (+13)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32270
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?1021061
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248586-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-440.htm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-020.htm

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