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Flash Vulnerability Found, Adobe Says No Fix Forthcoming

Posted by timothy on from the more-from-the-slums-of-the-internet dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Security researchers at Foreground Security have found an issue with Adobe Flash. Any site that allows files to be uploaded could be vulnerable to this issue (whether they serve Flash or not!). Adobe has said that no easy fix exists and no patch is forthcoming. Adobe puts the responsibility on the website administrators themselves to fix this problem, but they themselves seem to be vulnerable to these problems. Every user with Flash installed is vulnerable to this new type of attack and — until IT administrators fix their sites — will continue to be."

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  1. Re:OH NO!!! by bertoelcon · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This time I'll count using Binary on my fingers.

    That isn't going to go high enough either.

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  2. Flashblock by Spatial · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Use it.

  3. Re:OH NO!!! by Firehed · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's what toes are for!

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  4. Re:OH NO!!! by selven · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Then use three states - open, half-open and closed, getting 59049 possibilities! You can even add the directions the palms are facing (toward you, sideways, away from you), getting up to 531441. Add three positions for how far away your hands are and get the holy grail, 4782969!

    Well, this is Flash...

  5. Re:OH NO!!! by buchner.johannes · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Use trinary. You can count up to 59049 with 10 fingers (up to 243 with 5).

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