Adobe to Release Patch for Critical Flash Vulnerability
Adobe will release a security update on April 7 to fix a critical vulnerability (CVE-2016-1019) in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.197. The vulnerability has been identified to be one that could ¡°cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of an affected system,¡± and is known to be actively exploited in the wild. ?
According to the , the vulnerability affects Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and Chrome OS versions ¡°being actively exploited on systems running Windows 10 and earlier with Flash Player version 20.0.0.306 and earlier¡±. Users are urged to immediately of Flash Player that includes a mitigation introduced in the March 10 Flash Player 21.0.0.182 update¡ªan update that will prevent attackers from exploiting the vulnerability. ?
Update: Adobe has released the that addresses the identified vulnerabilities, including CVE-2016-1019, which has been identified as a vulnerability used by the Magnitude Exploit Kit to spread Locky ransomware.?
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