CVE-2008-4821

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-11-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier, when a Mozilla browser is used, does not properly interpret jar: URLs, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via unknown vectors.

Affected products

Adobe Flash Player 24.0.0.186 and earlier.: through 9.0.124.0; 7.0.69.0, 8.0.39.0, 9.0, 9.0.16, 9.0.18d60, 9.0.20 (+11)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32702
http://secunia.com/advisories/33179
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.apple.com/kb/HT3338
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-440.htm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-020.htm
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=834256&poid=
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-20.html

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