Fifteen of the vulnerabilities addressed in the updates are critical and can result in remote code execution
Adobe Systems released critical security updates Tuesday for Flash
Player to address 18 vulnerabilities, many of which can be remotely
exploited to compromise underlying systems.
Fifteen of the patched
vulnerabilities can result in arbitrary code execution, one can be
exploited to disclose session tokens and two allow attackers to escalate
their privileges from the low to medium integrity level, Adobe said in a
security advisory.
The company advises Windows and Mac users to update to the newly
released Flash Player version 15.0.0.223. Linux users should update to
Flash Player 11.2.202.418.
The Flash Player Extended Support Release, which is based on Flash Player 13 was also updated to version 13.0.0.252.
The
Flash Player plug-ins bundled with Google Chrome and Internet Explorer
on Windows 8 and 8.1 will be upgraded automatically through those
browsers' update mechanisms.
Adobe also released new versions of
Adobe AIR, the company's runtime and software development kit (SDK) for
rich Internet applications, because it bundles Flash Player. Users of
the AIR desktop and Android runtime, as well as users of AIR SDK and AIR
SDK & Compiler should update to version 15.0.0.356.
Many of
the vulnerabilities patched in these new Flash Player releases were
found and reported by researchers from Google, Microsoft, McAfee and
Trend Micro.
Adobe said via email that it is not aware of exploits
for these vulnerabilities being used in the wild. However, as
demonstrated last month, cybercriminals don't waste a lot of time before
they start to attack newly patched Flash Player flaws.
Source: http://www.infoworld.com
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