[Desktop] Capturing mouse buttons other than left/right/middle

Many mouses have a number of buttons besides left/right/middle, of particular interest to me are the forward/back buttons that I've noticed many desktop apps are compatible with. For instance, browsers bind them to navigation, Windows explorer does as well, and Flash Builder binds them to code jumping navigation. Does anyone know how I could make my AIR desktop app listen for these mouse events? I haven't been able to figure out very much from searching... these mouse buttons follow some kind of low level command system that doesn't appear to have an AIR/AS3 API, so I assume I'll need an ANE?

Cheers.

-Aaron