[pchelpers] News:Hackers exploiting Flash Player zero-day bug
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 08:51:18 +1200
Details skimpy, but in-the-wild attacks taking place, say researchers
By Gregg Keizer
May 27, 2008 (Computerworld) Attackers are exploiting an unpatched bug
in Adobe System Inc.'s popular Flash Player, security researchers warned
today.
The bug, which is in the most up-to-date version of Flash, was reported
by researchers at the SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center and by
others from Symantec Corp.
"Adobe Flash Player is prone to an unspecified remote code-execution
vulnerability," Symantec said in a warning posted to its SecurityFocus
site. "An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in
the context of the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will
likely result in denial-of-service conditions.
"Symantec has observed that this issue is being actively exploited in
the wild," the company added.
More here:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9089778&intsrc=news_ts_head
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