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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2008-3872 json

Adobe Flash Player 8.0.39.0 and earlier, and 9.x up to 9.0.115.0, allows remote attackers to bypass the allowScriptAccess parameter setting…

published 2008-10-06 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-3858

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.2%
EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Adobe Flash Player 8.0.39.0 and earlier, and 9.x up to 9.0.115.0, allows remote attackers to bypass the allowScriptAccess parameter setting via a crafted SWF file with unspecified "Filter evasion" manipulations.

Patch / fix

  • flash-plugin RHEL 3 EXTRAS 9.0.124.0-1.el3.with.oss
  • flash-plugin RHEL 4 EXTRAS 9.0.124.0-1.el4
  • flash-plugin RHEL 5 EXTRAS 9.0.124.0-1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0221

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-3872 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.124.0-1.el3.with.oss Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.124.0-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.124.0-1.el3.with.oss Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.124.0-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) flash-plugin 9.0.124.0-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.124.0-1.el3.with.oss
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.124.0-1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) flash-plugin 9.0.124.0-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.124.0-1.el3.with.oss Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras flash-plugin 9.0.124.0-1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0221

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Exploit prediction

4.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.