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dinamic1
October 29th, 2010, 07:27 PM
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa10-05.html

A critical (http://www.adobe.com/support/security/severity_ratings.html) vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player 10.1.85.3 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris operating systems; Adobe Flash Player 10.1.95.2 and earlier versions for Android; and the authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader 9.4 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX operating systems, and Adobe Acrobat 9.4 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows and Macintosh operating systems.

This vulnerability (CVE-2010-3654) could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. 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.

work around, Adobe currently recommends that users delete or rename the vulnerable file, which is authplay.dll in Windows, AuthPlayLib.bundle on Macs and libauthplay.so.0.0.0 on Unix-based systems. The workaround will cause Reader to crash when a PDF file attempts to render Flash content, but it will also prevent arbitrary code from being injected.

ubunterooster
October 29th, 2010, 08:17 PM
On a friend's PC, Adobe Reader keeps freezing the PC. A cold shutdown is required. I wonder if this is related...