Secunia also credited Microsoft for discovering the flaw. "The vulnerabilities are caused due to unspecified errors and can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on a user's system when a malicious SWF file is loaded." "Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Flash Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system," the vulnerability monitoring firm said. Secunia deemed the flaw worthy of its second most dangerous ranking, "highly critical," released an advisory on the flaw on Wednesday. The company added that all users of Flash Player 8.0.22.0 should update to 8.0.24.0, available from the Player Download Center.Īdobe also thanked Microsoft for reporting the vulnerability to the company. "Users are recommended to update to the most current version of Flash Player available for their platform.
A malicious SWF must be loaded in Flash Player by the user for an attacker to exploit these vulnerabilities," Macromedia said in a security bulletin. "Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Flash Player that could allow an attacker who successfully exploits these vulnerabilities to take control of the affected system. Adobe Macromedia advised users to update to the application's latest version in response to the flaw.
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