Adobe has issued a patch for some of the exploits in the wild. This should be installed on any system that isn’t up to the date with Adobe’s player. If you want to check your systems version you can go here and it will tell you what your version is and what the current version is.
If it doesn’t look like this:
[ad#ad2-right]Then your on the wrong website. According to Adobe this fixes CVE-2009-0519, CVE-2009-0520, CVE-2009-0522, CVE-2009-0114, CVE-2009-0521.
This update resolves a buffer overflow issue that could potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2009-0520)
This update resolves an input validation issue that leads to a Denial of Service (DoS); arbitrary code execution has not been demonstrated, but may be possible. (CVE-2009-0519)
An update to the Flash Player settings manager display page on Adobe.com has been deployed to avoid a potential Clickjacking issue variant for Flash Player. The Settings Manager is a special control panel that runs on your local computer but is displayed within and accessed from the Adobe website. (CVE-2009-0114)
This update resolves a Windows-only issue with mouse pointer display that could potentially contribute to a Clickjacking attack. (CVE-2009-0522)
This update prevents a potential Linux-only information disclosure issue in the Flash Player binary that could lead to privilege escalation. (CVE-2009-0521)
[Via Adobe Website]
Although this is due to the problem with the exploits in the Windows environment, this however won’t stop virus writers from using this exploit for the Macintosh and Linux Distro’s. This should be updated on there system also.
