CVE-2008-4401 describes a critical vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier, where ActionScript's FileReference.browse and FileReference.download operations could be invoked without user interaction. This flaw allowed remote attackers to trigger a file browse dialog box via a malicious SWF file, potentially leading to further unspecified impact. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is considered extremely severe, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 9.0.124.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:7.0.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.63CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:7.0.63:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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