Yet Another Critical Flaw in Adobe Flash Exposed
Mind those attachments.
Another critical issue has come from Adobe's Flash. According to Abobe's note, the vulnerability exists in Flash Player 10.2.153.1 and earlier versions (Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.25 and earlier for Chrome users) for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris, Adobe Flash Player 10.2.156.12 and earlier versions for Android, and the Authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat X (10.0.2) and earlier 10.x and 9.x versions for Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
Adobe says that this vulnerability is a serious one that could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. There are reports that this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild in targeted attacks via a Flash (.swf) file embedded in a Microsoft Word (.doc) file delivered as an email attachment, targeting the Windows platform.
Adobe says that it is currently in the process of finalizing a schedule for delivering a fix.
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surely we'd all be more impressed if they'd just finalise a fix - not a schedule!
It's like having a meeting about having a meeting.. :-)
Sad that people with the intelligence to program trojans and viruses should cause such misery to others. Pathetic.