Security → Adobe Flash Player 16.0.0.287

Flash Player 16.0.0.287 is available.
DIgital Signature: January 18, 2015

Security Bulletin APSB 15-02

Release Notes (when posted): »helpx.adobe.com/flash-pl ··· tes.html

All downloads: »www.adobe.com/products/f ··· on3.html

Are these coming out weekly now
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thanks chachazz

adobe is great..

»Flash 0-Day Exploit Used by Angler Exploit Kit
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FYI the installers are digitally signed early Sun Jan 18th 2015. The flash executables are Sat Jan 17th 2015.
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Thanks chachazz

Sorry guys/gals, I gave the heads up on this 16.0.0.287 update yesterday but made the mistake of posting it in the previous thread for 16.0.0.257 when the right thing to do was to create a new thread for it. My first thought was to create a new thread, however, since Chrome 40 got the update first many hours before the official Flash download sites updated their information, I found it to be a bit mysterious at first. My apologies.

Anyways, it has now been confirmed that any version of Internet Explorer or any version of Firefox running Flash (prior to 16.0.0.287) was vulnerable on any version of Windows, including an up-to-date 8.1 as well. Chrome is the only one that was not vulnerable thus far. Not sure about Chromium though if it were to be running the NPAPI version as opposed to the PPAPI version of Flash.

It seems 16.0.0.287 is still vulnerable

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THX & ACV ...... {{{ SMILE }}}

Thanks Stuart. That's where I was getting my information from as well. But I clearly misunderstood. I know that his English isn't the greatest, so I was trying to make sense of it. This is terrible if 16.0.0.287 is still vulnerable. Kafeine will continue to update is blog as he digs through it and tests some more, so we will have to keep an eye on his blog and see how it all plays out. Not good, that's for sure. Although I am glad that Chrome is not affected.

Found mention of Security Bulletin APSB 15-02, however the link is not yet live.
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Me too. I had to read it a few times. I saw the "included" so that nailed it for me.
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The Security Bulletin is live:

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Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Macintosh and Linux. These updates address a vulnerability that could be used to circumvent memory randomization mitigations on the Windows platform.

Adobe is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2015-0310 exists in the wild, which is being used in attacks against older versions of Flash Player. Additionally, we are investigating reports that a separate exploit for Flash Player 16.0.0.287 and earlier also exists in the wild.

Adobe recommends users update their product installations to the latest versions:
• Users of the Adobe Flash Player desktop runtime for Windows and Macintosh should update to Adobe Flash Player 16.0.0.287.
• Users of the Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release should update to Adobe Flash Player 13.0.0.262.
• Users of Adobe Flash Player for Linux should update to Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.438.
• Adobe Flash Player installed with Google Chrome, as well as Internet Explorer on Windows 8.x, will automatically update to version 16.0.0.287.

These updates resolve a memory leak that could be used to circumvent memory address randomization on the Windows platform (CVE-2015-0310).

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Got it...Thanks chachazz .

Wow ..... what's this WARNING ¿ ¿

It means you should read your own threads

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{{{ SMILE }}} .... THX.

Internet Explorer patch out now: »support.microsoft.com/kb/3033408
Advisory: »technet.microsoft.com/li ··· /2755801

Doesn't cover latest vuln though either.

Got it thank you chachazz !

Why has Microsoft not updated IE 11 on Win 10 Preview?

Tech Preview is affected and is coming to WU soon.

Microsoft's timing could be better. I installed the plugin version on 10 Preview (287...of course now we know it is vulnerable too) this morning about 2AM HST before I went to sleep. I installedthe IE version on IE 10 on the host Windows 8.0 Pro computer a few minutes ago. I suppose I could do that on 10 Preview also but since WU is mandatory on Win 10 Preview, I've been letting it install Flash Player updates, whereas, on Win 8 Pro I do it myself.

I installed Malwarebytes Anti Exploit yesterday on the host machine so I am ok there even if this latest version of Flash is vulnerable. I think I will install Malwarebytes Anti Exploit on 10 Preview also.
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Agent 99. ~
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Nope. Agent 86 (Maxwell Smart) was the one that said it. Agent 99 said "Oh Max...."
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No, I was drooling at Agent 99.
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Ahhh.. Barbara Feldon.

Not sure if she's still alive.
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Yes, she is, the last surviving major character.

Bernie Kopell and David Ketchum also survive, they were in lesser roles.

A 0-day exploit with a critical rating of 2!