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Adobe AIR < 1.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB08-23)
high Nessus Plugin ID 34815
Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains a runtime environment that is affected by multiple issues.Description
According to its version number, an instance of Adobe AIR on the remote Windows host is 1.1 or earlier. Such versions are potentially affected by several vulnerabilities (APSB08-23 / APSB08-22 / APSB08-20 / APSB08-18):- A potential port-scanning issue. (CVE-2007-4324)
- Possible privilege escalation attacks against web servers hosting Flash content and cross-domain policy files. (CVE-2007-6243)
- Potential Clipboard attacks. (CVE-2008-3873)
- FileReference upload and download APIs that don't require user interaction. (CVE-2008-4401)
- A potential cross-site scripting vulnerability. (CVE-2008-4818)
- A potential issue that could be leveraged to conduct a DNS rebinding attack. (CVE-2008-4819)
- An information disclosure issue affecting only the ActiveX control. (CVE-2008-4820)
- An information disclosure issue involving interpretation of the 'jar:' protocol and affecting only the plugin for Mozilla browsers. (CVE-2008-4821)
- An issue with policy file interpretation could potentially lead to bypass of a non-root domain policy. (CVE-2008-4822)
- A potential HTML injection issue involving an ActionScript attribute. (CVE-2008-4823)
- Multiple input validation errors could potentially lead to execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-4824)
- An Adobe AIR application that loads data from an untrusted source could allow an attacker to execute untrusted JavaScript with elevated privileges. (CVE-2008-5108)
Solution
Upgrade to Adobe AIR version 1.5 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 34815
File Name: adobe_air_apsb08-23.nasl
Version: 1.20
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 11/18/2008
Updated: 4/11/2022
Configuration: Enable thorough checks
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:air
Required KB Items: SMB/Adobe_AIR/Version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/17/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-4324, CVE-2007-6243, CVE-2008-3873, CVE-2008-4401, CVE-2008-4818, CVE-2008-4819, CVE-2008-4820, CVE-2008-4821, CVE-2008-4822, CVE-2008-4823, CVE-2008-4824, CVE-2008-5108