Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Adobe Shockwave: 450 million machines in danger

If we speak more often of Flash Player that is present on virtually all Internet-connected computers around the world, another Adobe product is also widely distributed. Although to a lesser extent, but Shockwave Player that can play some multimedia applications, interest still 450 million systems connected to the Net.

Like its counterpart Flash Player with whom he is sometimes confused, Shockwave Player, which equips the browsers on Windows and Mac OS X is also affected by security vulnerabilities. Vulnerabilities it is fashionable to correct them are critical.

French expert analysis of vulnerabilities, VUPEN Security alerts us to the discovery of four critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Shockwave Player. The U.S. publisher has been advised of these findings several weeks ago, and yesterday issued a security bulletin in function to promote the download version 11.5.2.602 Shockwave Player.

VUPEN Security recommends immediate implementation of the update to address vulnerabilities whose exploitation could lead to remote attackers to run malicious code on a vulnerable system. This exploitation takes place through Web pages specially designed with Shockwave content.

Download Shockwave Player 11.5.2.602

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