CVE-2008-4503

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-10-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Settings Manager in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause victims to unknowingly click on a link or dialog via access control dialogs disguised as normal graphical elements, as demonstrated by hijacking the camera or microphone, and related to "clickjacking."

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://blog.guya.net/2008/10/07/malicious-camera-spying-using-clickjacking/
http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20081007/clickjacking-details/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32163
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://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-248586-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-440.htm

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