CVE-2008-4401
ActionScript in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier does not require user interaction in conjunction with (1) the…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 9.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
ActionScript in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier does not require user interaction in conjunction with (1) the FileReference.browse operation in the FileReference upload API or (2) the FileReference.download operation in the FileReference download API, which allows remote attackers to create a browse dialog box, and possibly have unspecified other impact, via an SWF file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.0% · top 4.7% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
18
- 33390 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-18.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-020.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32270 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32702 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/fplayer10_security_changes.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34226 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2838 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1021061 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- GLSA-200903-23 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 32759 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0945 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0980 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-440.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 248586 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 32448 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- adobe-flash-filereference-file-upload(45913) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-4382 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-4401)Record last updated .