Critical flaw found in Macromedia Flash Player

[ayoub_ibrahim]

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,109649,00.asp

Macromedia warned Monday of what it called a critical security flaw in the latest version of its Flash animation player and advised users to install a new version that it released on the Web to fix the problem.

The security flaw affects version 6 of the Macromedia Flash Player, which was released a year ago this month and has been installed on an estimated 75 percent of personal computers worldwide, according to the company.

The vulnerability affects the integrity of the player's "sandbox," which is supposed to act as a cordoned-off area where Flash code retrieved from the Web can be run safely, without access to a user's files. The flaw could allow a malicious hacker to run native code on a user's computer, outside the sandbox, possibly without the user's knowledge, according to information on the company's Web site.

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[xortam]

I thought I read about this problem several months ago.

[Guru]

Already updated but thanx 4 the warning!