Sunday, October 24, 2010

Critical Unpatched Vulnerability In Adobe Shockwave Player

There has been found a critical vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player. The vulnerability (CVE-2010-3653) could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the vulnerable system. Details about the vulnerability have been disclosed publicly but Adobe states that they are not aware of any attacks exploiting the vulnerability at the moment.

Adobe's security advisory can be read here. Also, Secunia has an advisory available.

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