FKIE_CVE-2008-2640

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-06-18 19:41 - Updated: 2026-04-23 00:35
Severity ?
Summary
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Flex 3 History Management feature in Adobe Flex 3.0.1 SDK and Flex Builder 3, and generated applications, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the anchor identifier to (1) client-side-detection-with-history/history/historyFrame.html, (2) express-installation-with-history/history/historyFrame.html, or (3) no-player-detection-with-history/history/historyFrame.html in templates/html-templates/. NOTE: Firefox 2.0 and possibly other browsers prevent exploitation.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://blog.watchfire.com/wfblog/2008/06/javascript-code.htmlExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/30746Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1020301
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-14.htmlPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29778Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1862
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43150
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blog.watchfire.com/wfblog/2008/06/javascript-code.htmlExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/30746Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1020301
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-14.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29778Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1862
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43150
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
adobe flex 3.0.1
adobe flex_builder 3
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