Flash Player

Pierluigi Paganini June 09, 2020
Adobe fixes critical flaws in Flash Player and Framemaker

Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in its Flash Player, Framemaker and Experience Manager products. Adobe has released security updates to address ten vulnerabilities in its Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Experience Manager, and Adobe Framemaker products. Four vulnerabilities out of ten are rated as ‘Critical,’ they could allow a remote attacker to execute […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2019
New Lord Exploit Kit appears in the threat landscape

Security experts discovered a new exploit kit, dubbed Lord Exploit Kit, that is currently targeting vulnerable versions of Adobe Flash Player. Security experts at Malwarebytes have recently discovered a new exploit kit, dubbed Lord Exploit Kit, that is targeting vulnerable versions of Adobe Flash Player The Lord Exploit Kit was first detected by Adrian Luca, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2019
Mozilla will disable Adobe Flash by default starting from Firefox 69

Starting from Firefox 69, Mozilla will disable Adobe Flash by default, a process that aims to completely remove the support for the popular plugin.  Mozilla announced that the Firefox 69 will no longer support Adobe Flash due to a large number of serious flaws exploited by hackers in attacks across the years. The decision was […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 05, 2018
CVE-2018-15982 Adobe zero-day exploited in targeted attacks

Adobe released security updates for Flash Player that address two vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2018-15982, exploited in targeted attacks. Adobe fixed two flaws including a critical use-after-free bug, tracked as CVE-2018-15982, exploited by an advanced persistent threat actor aimed at a healthcare organization associated with the Russian presidential administration. The flaw could be exploited by […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2018
Adobe fixed a Critical Code Execution issue in Flash Player

Adobe has released security updates to address several vulnerabilities in its products, including Flash Player, Creative Cloud and Connect products. The security updates also address a Critical Code Execution vulnerability in Flash Player tracked as CVE-2018-4944. The flaw is a critical type confusion that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code, the good news is that Adobe […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2017
Adobe Patch Tuesday only addressed a moderate severity regression issue affecting Flash Player

Adobe released the Patch Tuesday, this month it only addressed a moderate severity regression issue affecting Flash Player tracked as CVE-2017-11305. It was a poor Patch Tuesday this month for Adobe that only addressed a moderate severity regression issue affecting Flash Player tracked as CVE-2017-11305. The vulnerability was described as a “business logic error,” that can cause the unintended reset of […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2017
Do you use Adobe Flash Player? You should update it now!

Adobe released new versions of Flash Player and Connect web conferencing software to fix important and critical vulnerabilities. According to the security advisory published by Adobe for Flash Player, the new version 26.0.0.137 patches three critical vulnerabilities, including a remote code execution flaw tracked as CVE-2017-3099 that can be exploited by attackers to take full control of affected systems. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 14, 2017
Adobe patches tens of vulnerabilities in Flash Player, Shockwave Player, Captivate and Digital Editions

On Tuesday, Adobe released updates for Flash Player, Shockwave Player, Captivate and Digital Editions addressing a total of 20 vulnerabilities. Some vulnerabilities fixed by Adobe are critical remote code execution issue, the last release, version 26.0.0.126, addressed nine flaws in Flash Player. The vulnerabilities were tracked as CVE-2017-3075, CVE-2017-3081, CVE-2017-3083, CVE-2017-3084, CVE-2017-3076, CVE-2017-3077, CVE-2017-3078, CVE-2017-3079, and CVE-2017-3082. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2017
Security updates fix critical vulnerabilities in Flash player and Shockwave player

Adobe patches vulnerabilities in Flash Player and Shockwave for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS. Adobe issued security updates for Flash Player and Shockwave Player products. The security updates released by the company on Tuesday address seven vulnerabilities in Flash Player and one flaw in Shockwave Player. The Flash Player 25.0.0.127 version fixes critical security vulnerabilities that […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 14, 2017
Adobe just fixed thirteen code execution flaws in Flash Player

Adobe addressed thirteen highest severity code execution vulnerabilities in Flash Player for Windows, MAC OS, and Chrome. Adobe released security updates that address two dozen vulnerabilities in Flash Player, Digital Editions, and the Campaigns marketing tool. Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Chrome OS. The updates address critical vulnerabilities that could be […]