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    Flash Player Exploit in the Wild... update yo' plugin.

    Today, Adobe was alerted to what could be one of the first successful exploits of the Flash Player. All users are urged to update their Flash Player to the latest version immediately. The exploit is using a known vulnerability and all Flash Players except for the latest version are a target.

    The Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) blog has confirmed that this is indeed a working exploit after working with Symantech engineers. If you visit a site that is using the exploit, you'll be redirected to malware sites and possibly denial of service attacks. In the worst case, the malware can take control over the users computer. Apparently, the exploit is spreading and in active use.
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    Is this something that can be programmed into a swf via the normal api or is it something that somehow goes through a weakness in the flash player to cause problems?

    I couldn't seem to find an explaination from the article. I imagine they don't want more people learning about it.

    [nm. found it.]
    Last edited by FlashLackey; 05-30-2008 at 05:52 PM.
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    Already had that player, bleh... whatever...

    PS: still, really good find! great to know that stuff like this finally got discovered.
    Last edited by fx.barrett; 06-02-2008 at 01:33 PM.



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