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Adobe warns of critical vulnerability in Flash and PDF readers

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  1. Matthew TechSpot Staff Posts: 5,895   +59

    Adobe issued a new security advisory yesterday, warning of a critical vulnerability (CVE-2010-2884) in several of its products, including Flash Player 10.1.82.76 and earlier versions for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris, as well as Flash 10.1.92.10 for Android. The bug also affects Adobe Reader 9.3.4 for Windows, Mac, and Unix, along with Adobe Acrobat 9.3.4 and earlier on Windows and Mac.

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    Matthew, Sep 14, 2010
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  2. Jibberish18 TechSpot Maniac Posts: 427   +7

    So the vulnerability is critical AND people have been attacked and it'll take them at least 2 weeks to patch things up? I understand that Flash runs on a lot of platforms but Reader and Flash are two things tons of people use on a daily basis.

    Want to know the pathetic thing though? Most people my office won't ever update those two thing. Some people still use IE6 which just blows my mind. Awesome.
    Jibberish18, Sep 14, 2010
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  3. treeski TechSpot Guru Posts: 690   +42

    @Jibberish18:
    I know what you mean. There is a computer in each classroom at my University, and each time a professor uses one, a "update flash" message pops up... and EVERY TIME, they 'X' it out and ignore.
    I know it's not exactly their responsibility to maintain the computers, but it drives me crazy.
    treeski, Sep 14, 2010
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  4. LightHeart Newcomer, in training Posts: 155

    LightHeart, Sep 15, 2010
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  5. tengeta TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 632

    Man these days Adobe makes Microsoft look vigilant in fixing vulnerabilities...
    tengeta, Sep 15, 2010
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