Fri, Jul 31, 2009

Patches for Critical Vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, Acrobat Reader
Adobe has released patches for the critical vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player versions 9 and 10, and in Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader mentioned previously. This vulnerability allows a malicious person to create flash media that will run commands of their choosing on your computer when viewed. This vulnerability can be exploited in Adobe Acrobat reader via a PDF file that contains embedded malicious flash media. There are reports that malicious PDF files that exploit this vulnerability are actively propagating. Adobe urges users of Flash Player 10 to upgrade to version 10.0.32.18 or later, users of Flash Player 9 to upgrade to 9.0.246.0 or later, and users of Adobe Reader to upgrade to 9.1.3 or later. For more information, see http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html.

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