Click-jacking attack in Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR - CVE-2010-2215
Published: January 21, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU5220
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-2215
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe AIR
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe AIR
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform click-jacking attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing untrusted data. A remote unauthenticated attacker can create a specially crated .swf file, trick the victim into opening it and perform click-jacking attack.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive date or perform phishing attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2010-2215
The vendor has issued the following versions to address this vulnerability:
Adobe Flash Player 10.1.82.76
AIR 2.0.3
Flash CS3 Professional and Flex 3 9.0.280
Adobe Flash Player 10.1.82.76
AIR 2.0.3
Flash CS3 Professional and Flex 3 9.0.280