Cross-site scripting in Adobe AIR and Adobe Flash Player - CVE-2010-2179
Published: January 3, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU3107
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-2179
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct XSS attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to improper URL parsing. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted link, trick the victim into opening it and execute arbitrary HTML and scrip code in victim's browser in context of arbitrary website.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in successful cross-site scripting attack against any website with .swf file.
The vulnerability can be exploited against Firefox and Chrome browsers only.
Affected software
Adobe AIR
Adobe Flash Player
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Adobe Flash Player
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
How to mitigate CVE-2010-2179
Install the latest version from vendor's website. The vulnerability is fixed in the following versions:
- Flash Player 10.1.53.64
- AIR 2.0.2.12610
- Flash Professional CS5 10.1.53.64
- Flash CS4 Professional and Flex 4 10.1.53.64
- Flash CS3 Professional and Flex 3 9.0.277.0