Understandably, details about exactly where this exploitable hole has been deployed, and how, has not yet been disclosed.Īnyway, even if we could give you a malware name to look out for right now, the crooks could change their attack with a moment’s notice. Mind you, don’t grab this update just because of the zero-day.Īdobe patched 25 security bugs in all, divided into six different categories of flaw, including various sorts of buffer overflow and memory mismanagement.Īll of them are listed as “could lead to code execution,” meaning that a well-informed crook could run malware on your computer without warning by sending your browser a booby-trapped Flash file.Īs mentioned above, one bug – denoted CVE-2016-4117 – not only could be used to fire up malware, but already is being used. ![]() The company hit that target, announcing the latest Flash update in APSB16-15, issued today. …for the third month in a row, Adobe has pushed out a Flash update that patches a zero-day hole.Ī zero-day is a bug that the crooks start using before a patch is available, thus giving even the most zealous and patch-happy sysadmin zero days to get ahead of the game.Īdobe warned of the problem in security advisory APSA16-02, issued earlier this week, announcing that it hoped to get a fix ready “as early as May 12.” ![]() ![]() ![]() At the risk of sounding like a gramophone record that is stuck in a groove…
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