Adobe releases emergency patch for Windows and OS X systems2013-02-08 09:30 by DanielaTags: Adobe, Windows, OS X
Adobe on Thursday updated Flash Player to patch two zero-day vulnerabilities that hackers were already using to hijack Windows PCs and Macs. Adobe recommends all users to update their systems as soon as possible. The first vulnerability, CVE-2013-0633, tricks users into downloading a Microsoft Word document sent via e-mail. The document contains malicious SWF (flash's file extension) content that can then infect a user's system. This exploit targets the ActiveX version of Flash Player for Windows, Adobe said. The second vulnerability, CVE-2013-0634, has been used in a similar fashion against Windows targets, but has also been exploited during "drive-by" attacks against Firefox and Safari users on the Mac, said Adobe. A drive-by attack requires only that a victim be duped into browsing to a malicious website hosting an exploit.
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