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Security => Security Alerts & Briefings => Topic started by: Corrine on February 02, 2018, 02:16:19 PM

Title: Security Advisory for Adobe Flash Player
Post by: Corrine on February 02, 2018, 02:16:19 PM
From the Adobe PSIRT blog (https://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/?p=1520):

QuoteA Security Advisory (APSA18-01 (https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa18-01.html)) has been published regarding a critical vulnerability (CVE-2018-4878) in Adobe Flash Player. Adobe is aware of a report that an exploit for CVE-2018-4878 exists in the wild, and is being used in limited, targeted attacks against Windows users. These attacks leverage Office documents with embedded malicious Flash content distributed via email.

Adobe will address this vulnerability in a release planned for the week of February 5.

Title: Re: Security Advisory for Adobe Flash Player
Post by: Frands on February 03, 2018, 12:27:36 PM
A bit more on the story:

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/02/theres-a-new-adobe-flash-0day-and-up-and-coming-hackers-are-exploiting-it/ (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/02/theres-a-new-adobe-flash-0day-and-up-and-coming-hackers-are-exploiting-it/)