Adobe Systems will release a patch on Thursday to fix a critical vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player, which the company warned users about last week.
The update will be for Flash Player 10x for Windows, Macs, Linux and Solaris, but the bug actually covers larger ground.
“This vulnerability (CVE-2010-3654) could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system,” Adobe warns in an advisory. “There are reports that this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild against Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x. Adobe is not currently aware of attacks targeting Adobe Flash Player.”
The patch for Android is slated to come by 9 November, with the fix for Adobe Reader and Acrobat coming the week of 15 November.
The initial advisory, issued 28 October, appeared alongside a large update for Adobe Shockwave Player.
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