There has been found a critical vulnerability (CVE-2011-0609) in Adobe Flash Player which also impacts the authplay.dll component shipping with Adobe Reader and Acrobat. The vulnerability could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Adobe states that there are reports that this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild in targeted attacks via a Flash (.swf) file embedded in a Microsoft Excel (.xls) file delivered as an email attachment. At this time, Adobe is not aware of attacks targeting Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
Affected versions are:
- Adobe Flash Player 10.2.152.33 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris operating systems
- Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.18 and earlier for Chrome users
- Adobe Flash Player 10.1.106.16 and earlier for Android
- The Authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat X (10.0.1) and earlier 10.x and 9.x versions for Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
Adobe plans to have patched versions ready during the week of March 21, 2011. Because Adobe Reader X Protected Mode would prevent an exploit of this kind from executing, Adobe is currently planning to address this issue in Adobe Reader X for Windows with the next quarterly security update for Adobe Reader, currently scheduled for June 14, 2011.
More information:
Security Advisory
Adobe Secure Software Engineering Team (ASSET) Blog
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