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CVE-2008-3873

The System.setClipboard method in ActionScript in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier allows...

4.3 Medium

CVE-2008-3873 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Adobe Flash Player, published August 29, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.0%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
4.3 MediumCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
17.0%EPSS, 97th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

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.

Exploit likelihood

17.0%Up 13.0 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
before 0:10.0.12.36-2.el5
0:10.0.12.36-2.el5
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
before 0:10.0.12.36-2.el5
0:10.0.12.36-2.el5
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:3
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
before 0:9.0.151.0-1.el3.with.oss
0:9.0.151.0-1.el3.with.oss
flash-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
before 0:9.0.151.0-1.el4
0:9.0.151.0-1.el4

What each source reports

NVD Score used4.3

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.

Record
CVE-2008-3873
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

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.

Record
CVE-2008-3873
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-3859No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2008-3859
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2m26-jxg5-74r8No score

The System.setClipboard method in ActionScript in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier allows...

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.

Record
GHSA-2m26-jxg5-74r8
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

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