# CVE-2007-3457: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can perform CSRF attacks via crafted SWF files due to insufficient Referer validation in Adobe Flash Player.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Jul 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f2c3-gw2m-p4r2

## What is CVE-2007-3457?

CVE-2007-3457 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, published on 11 Jul 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Adobe Flash Player 8.0.34.0 and earlier insufficiently validates HTTP Referer headers, which might allow remote attackers to conduct a CSRF attack via a crafted SWF file.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3457?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Adobe Flash Player.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-3457?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3457 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-3457 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3457 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player

- [CVE-2017-11292](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11292/): Adobe Flash Player Type Confusion (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2016-7892](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7892/): Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2016-7855](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7855/): Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2014-0497](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0497/): Adobe Flash Player Integer Underflow Vulnerablity (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-0643](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0643/): Adobe Flash Player Incorrect Default Permissions (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-3457 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-3457 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, published on 11 Jul 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3457 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Adobe Flash Player. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3457/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3457/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3457
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3457
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-3457

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