steven36 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 For the third time in the last couple of weeks, Adobe is dealing with a zero day vulnerability in Flash. The company is working on a patch for another Flash bug that is being exploited in drive-by download attacks. Adobe officials released an advisory Monday warning users that attackers are exploiting a new vulnerability in Flash and said that they’re planning to release a patch for the flaw sometime this week. The vulnerability affects Flash on Windows, OS X and Linux. “A critical vulnerability (CVE-2015-0313) exists in Adobe Flash Player 16.0.0.296 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh. Successful exploitation could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. We are aware of reports that this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild via drive-by-download attacks against systems running Internet Explorer and Firefox on Windows 8.1 and below,” the Adobe advisory says. This is the third zero day that has hit Flash in the last two weeks. In late January, security researcher Kafeine discovered that the attackers behind the Angler exploit kit had added an exploit for a previously unknown Flash bug to the kit. The exploit was not in all instances of the kit, but it being used in attacks against several browsers. That report was followed quickly by news of a second Flash zero day that was circulating, as well. Adobe released patches for both vulnerabilities last month. This newest vulnerability in Flash reportedly is being used by the Angler kit, as well. Adobe didn’t specify the day on which the patch would be released, but said it would be this week. Source Adobe Security Bulletin Security Advisory for Adobe Flash PlayerRelease date: February 2, 2015Vulnerability identifier: APSA15-02CVE number: CVE-2015-0313Platform: All Platforms SummaryA critical vulnerability (CVE-2015-0313) exists in Adobe Flash Player 16.0.0.296 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh. Successful exploitation could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. We are aware of reports that this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild via drive-by-download attacks against systems running Internet Explorer and Firefox on Windows 8.1 and below. Adobe expects to release an update for Flash Player during the week of February 2. For more information on updating Flash Player please refer to this post. Affected software versionsAdobe Flash Player 16.0.0.296 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh Adobe Flash Player 13.0.0.264 and earlier 13.x versions Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.440 and earlier versions for Linux To verify the version of Adobe Flash Player installed on your system, access the About Flash Player page, or right-click on content running in Flash Player and select "About Adobe (or Macromedia) Flash Player" from the menu. If you use multiple browsers, perform the check for each browser you have installed on your system. Severity ratingsAdobe categorizes this as a critical vulnerability. AcknowledgmentsAdobe would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for reporting CVE-2015-0313 and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers: Elia Florio and Dave Weston of Microsoft Peter Pi of Trend MicroSource Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoochile Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Adobe Flash Player 17.0.0.93 Beta & Adobe Air 17.0.0.96 Beta//www.nsaneforu...ir-170096-beta/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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