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GET /api/vulnerabilities/41809?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/41809?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-38c7-1zg5-4kag", "summary": "Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified, the worst of which allow\n arbitrary code execution on a user's system via a malicious Flash file.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2008-5499" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/75794?format=api", "purl": "pkg:ebuild/www-plugins/adobe-flash@10.0.22.87", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:ebuild/www-plugins/adobe-flash@10.0.22.87" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/128735?format=api", "purl": "pkg:rpm/redhat/flash-plugin@9.0.152.0-1?arch=el4", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-38c7-1zg5-4kag" } ], "resource_url": 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"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00006.html" }, { "reference_url": "http://osvdb.org/50796", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "http://osvdb.org/50796" }, { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-5499.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-5499.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5499", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.90582", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.99626", "published_at": "2026-05-14T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.90582", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.99612", "published_at": "2026-04-04T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.90582", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.99611", "published_at": "2026-04-02T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.90582", "scoring_system": "epss", 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"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_for_linux:9.0.124.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_id": "cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_for_linux:9.0.124.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_for_linux:9.0.124.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_for_linux:9.0.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_id": "cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_for_linux:9.0.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_for_linux:9.0.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_for_linux:9.0.48.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_id": "cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_for_linux:9.0.48.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player_for_linux:9.0.48.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_id": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5499", "reference_id": "CVE-2008-5499", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "9.3", "scoring_system": "cvssv2", "scoring_elements": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5499" }, { "reference_url": "https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/remote/18761.rb", "reference_id": "CVE-2008-5499;OSVDB-50796", "reference_type": "exploit", "scores": [], "url": "https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/remote/18761.rb" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200903-23", "reference_id": "GLSA-200903-23", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200903-23" }, { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1047", "reference_id": "RHSA-2008:1047", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1047" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 94, "name": "Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')", "description": "The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment." } ], "exploits": [ { "date_added": "2012-04-20", "description": "Adobe Flash Player - ActionScript Launch Command Execution (Metasploit)", "required_action": null, "due_date": null, "notes": null, "known_ransomware_campaign_use": true, "source_date_published": "2012-04-20", "exploit_type": "remote", "platform": "linux", "source_date_updated": "2012-04-20", "data_source": "Exploit-DB", "source_url": "" }, { "date_added": null, "description": "This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player for Linux,\n version 10.0.12.36 and 9.0.151.0 and prior.\n An input validation vulnerability allows command execution when the browser\n loads a SWF file which contains shell metacharacters in the arguments to\n the ActionScript launch method.\n\n The victim must have Adobe AIR installed for the exploit to work. This module\n was tested against version 10.0.12.36 (10r12_36).", "required_action": null, "due_date": null, "notes": "Stability:\n - crash-service-down\nSideEffects: []\nReliability:\n - repeatable-session\n", "known_ransomware_campaign_use": false, "source_date_published": "2008-12-17", "exploit_type": null, "platform": "Unix", "source_date_updated": null, "data_source": "Metasploit", "source_url": "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/exploits/linux/browser/adobe_flashplayer_aslaunch.rb" } ], "severity_range_score": "9.3 - 9.3", "exploitability": "2.0", "weighted_severity": "8.4", "risk_score": 10.0, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-38c7-1zg5-4kag" }