38049 : Adobe Flash Player HTTP Referer Header CSRF
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2007-07-10

Description

Flash Player 9.0.45.0 and earlier allow an attacker to manipulate HTTP referrer headers by way of ActionScript. This allows an attacker to spoof the origin of a request and bypass common filters to prevent CSRF. An attacker could leverage this for to issue a CSRF from outside of the target's domain.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Information Disclosure, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version 9.0.47.0 (Windows) or version 9.0.48.0 (Linux), as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Adobe Systems Incorporated
Flash Player
9.0.45.0

References

Tools & Filters

25694 25866 27221 29434

Credit

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-07-13 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_1 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_0 Integrity_impact_1 Availability_impact_0

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