Re: Internet Explorer and Opera local zone restriction bypass

[william schulze <was () macromedia com>]

In-Reply-To: <20031024135303.26267.qmail () linuxmail org>

All:

Macromedia is dedicated to protecting the security of our customers, and we are taking steps to resolve this issue. 

To summarize, the Flash Player stores cookies in a somewhat predictable location (assuming the username can be 
guessed), and some of the contents are stored as plain text. While this is not in itself a directly exploitable 
vulnerability, an exploit can be created in combination with a security flaw in the browser. Macromedia will therefore 
make changes so that browser vulnerabilities of this nature cannot be exploited using the Flash Player. 

Once an updated Flash Player is available, we will post the new software and notify both our customers and the BugTraq 
community with this information. 

Any questions can be directed to <mailto:secure () macromedia com> secure () macromedia com.

Regards,
-was-
William A. Schulze
Sr. Director
Flash Player Management Team
Macromedia, Inc.