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Shockwave Vulnerabilities Affect More Than 450 Million Systems

Posted by timothy on from the drug-resistant-infections dept.

Trinity writes "Researchers from VUPEN have discovered critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Shockwave, a technology installed on over 450 million Internet-enabled desktops. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution by tricking a user into visiting a web page using Internet Explorer or even Mozilla Firefox. Version 11.5.1.601 as well as earlier ones are affected. The vendor recommends upgrading to version 11.5.1.602." Especially sobering when you consider Adobe's current push to be essentially required as an intermediary player for anyone who wants to see certain government data.

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  1. Let's Clear the Confusion off the bat by al0ha · · Score: -1, Redundant

    This is not related to Flash Player, this is in regards to Shockwave Player.

    Frankly I am really surprised devs still use Shockwave and people still install Shockwave Player. I have not installed Shockwave player in years and never missed it.

    The only reason to use Shockwave in the past was that it was scriptable. Flash has been scriptable since version 5

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  2. Re:Remind a noob... by ThrowAwaySociety · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What's the difference between Shockwave and Flash?

    Or are they the same thing? If so, why two names for it?

    You're welcome.

    Flash is included in every Netscape download

    Ahh, that clears it up!