XP SP3 Installs Older, Vulnerable Version of Flash Player

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Yes, you read that correctly:

"It appears that XP service pack 3 installs an older vulnerable
version of the flash player, causing those systems to be vulnerable
to these vulnerabilities."

More:
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4513

Why is this important? Lots and lots of malicious Flash [.swf]
exploits:

http://blog.trendmicro.com/flash-bugs-exploited-in-latest-mass-compromise/

The latest news on this is that the latest version of Flash
(9.0.124.0) is not vulnerable to these exploits...

- - ferg


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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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