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New flash player vulnerability (affects Adobe Reader as well)

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Jibz:
http://secunia.com/advisories/40026

http://secunia.com/advisories/40034

Impact   System access
Where    From remote

NOTE: The vulnerability is currently being actively exploited.
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Doesn't sound too good.

Ehtyar:
'Bout time to whip out the NoScript, have ya the browser for it.

Ehtyar.

Renegade:
Oh God... I can just hear the Apple fanboys and Jobs freaking out over this... I'm going to plug my ears now. blah blah blah I cannot hear you blah blah blah...

mouser:
thanks for the heads up Jibz.

and this is a reminder to everyone:  the very best way to protect yourself against such things is to be prepared to revert your machine back to a stable safe state.
you can't anticipate everything that could go wrong, so back up your computer regularly, and keep older backups.  that's the best way to be safe.

rxantos:
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error. No more information is currently available.

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followed by
NOTE: The vulnerability is reportedly being actively exploited.

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How can you don't know what causes the vulnerability, yet know that is actively exploited?
Who reported that is was actively exploited?
Has anyone been able to duplicate the vulnerability? If so, who?

If none of this can be answer, then:
How do we know is is not a report paid for? It wouldn't be the first time happening.

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