CRITICAL Adobe Flash Player 0 day vulnerability and active exploit

[Welly Wu]

1. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/07/...lash-zero-day/


PLEASE RUN SOFTWARE UPDATE MANAGER TO DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL ALL AVAILABLE UPDATES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!


Google Chrome will push out their own update of Adobe Flash later this week. When it becomes available, I will let you know when it is safe to update it.


As a precaution, you should restart your PC after the update is installed.


THIS IS CRITICAL!

[monkeybrain20122]

Hahahaha, another flash vulnerability. The faster it dies the better. I am suggesting this as a replacement for flash, doesn't work on all sites but on sufficiently many for many people
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/fir...atch-with-mpv/

[Welly Wu]

This is not a laughing matter for those that are affected. Yes, Adobe software and Oracle Java software are highly vulnerable to these threats and attack vectors, but plenty of fellow members use these technologies and they are affected by this latest Adobe Flash Player 0 day security vulnerability. Please try to show the spirit of Ubuntu or humanity toward others in this particular matter as more people will come across this security threat and wonder if their PCs are affected or not. It can get confusing to say the least to stay on top of up to the minute updates on each 0 day vulnerability and active exploit attack vector. Thank you.

[monkeybrain20122]

I was laughing at Adobe, not the users who may be compromised. Peace.

[bashiergui]

The best advice is always to update software ASAP. If you read the article Welly Wu linked to carefully, the 0 day is designed to exploit flash in any browser on Windows 7 machines. Also, the Hacking Team sold this exploit to limited parties that paid a huge sum of money. If you're a political dissident or friends with Snowden, then you should be concerned. There are some guidelines on what to look for to determine if you've been exploited. The owners of the 0 day did not burn it on random users around the internet.

Generally when these type of exploits become publicly known, more opportunistic bad guys will adopt it and use it more broadly. But broad attacks have not been seen yet. There is no imminent threat to Linux users, nor to average Windows users. Yes you should patch. No you should not drop everything to do so.

It is important to understand the risk of any 0 day to your situation. Enterprises are more at risk than average users.

[TheFu]

Or just disable Flash until patch day (which is Saturday around here).
Is flash really that important to average people still?

[ajgreeny]

Or just disable Flash until patch day (which is Saturday around here).
Is flash really that important to average people still?

It is, unfortunately, important for a few sites which will not work without flash, for example most UK TV catch-up services; no flash -> no catch-up!

[coldraven]

It is, unfortunately, important for a few sites which will not work without flash, for example most UK TV catch-up services; no flash -> no catch-up!

Yes, will somebody please tell the BBC to stop using Flash. If I wanted to copy their content I could record it off the TV!* By definition they are in the business of broadcasting media so what's with the DRM nonsense.
It makes you wonder if the BBC is in cahoots with GCHQ who no doubt have some 0 day exploits of their own. As someone pointed out on another forum, the BBC is a TLA.
The internet was nice while it lasted but now it seems to be totally broken

*If I owned one

[ajgreeny]

Yes, will somebody please tell the BBC to stop using Flash. If I wanted to copy their content I could record it off the TV!* By definition they are in the business of broadcasting media so what's with the DRM nonsense.
It makes you wonder if the BBC is in cahoots with GCHQ who no doubt have some 0 day exploits of their own. As someone pointed out on another forum, the BBC is a TLA.
The internet was nice while it lasted but now it seems to be totally broken

*If I owned one

^^^^ +1

Add ITV and Channels 4 & 5 as well; all use flash, and now 4 & 5 seem to be demanding versions higher than the 11 that is default for Linux; I can't get either to play any more even though I have installed hal which was necessary for 4oD in the past (not sure about Demand-5)

[poorguy]

hey monkeybrain20122,
thanks for the link to the replacement for flash.