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CVE-2009-1879 (GCVE-0-2009-1879)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-08-21 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:27
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Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.template.html in the express-install templates in the SDK in Adobe Flex before 3.4, when the installed Flash version is older than a specified requiredMajorVersion value, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string.
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CWE
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2009-08-19 00:00
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