CVE-2008-4820

Windows vulnerability

CVSS

7.1

EPSS

5.1%

EPSS pct

91th

Exploited

No known

Unspecified vulnerability in the Flash Player ActiveX control in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier on Windows allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via unknown vectors.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Windows

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information

Published

2008-11-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 5.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

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