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Sid
17223

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in flash player.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. 

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Detailed Information:
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player 9.x up to 9.0.48.0 and 8.x up to 8.0.35.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) a SWF file that uses the asfunction: protocol or (2) the navigateToURL function when used with the Flash Player ActiveX Control in Internet Explorer.

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Affected Systems:
Adobe flash player 8
Adobe flash player 9

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Difficult.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2007-6244:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2007-6244
  
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