Thousands of websites susceptible to attacks due to Flash vulnerabilities

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Thousands of websites susceptible to attacks due to Flash vulnerabilities

12-23-2007, 04:52 PM,

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Thousands of websites susceptible to attacks due to Flash vulnerabilities

Quote:Researchers from Google and a well-known security firm have documented serious vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash content which leave tens of thousands of websites susceptible to attacks that steal the personal details of visitors.

The security bugs reside in Flash applets, the ubiquitous building blocks for movies and graphics that animate sites across the web. Also known as SWF files, they are vulnerable to attacks in which malicious strings are injected into the legitimate code through a technique known as cross-site scripting, or XSS. Currently there are no patches for the vulnerabilities, which are found in sites operated by financial institutions, government agencies and other organizations...

full article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/21/...ty_menace/

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