Cyber Risks · Unit 42 Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks Researcher Discovers Eight Critical Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player

Summary: Palo Alto Networks researcher Tao Yan was credited with discovering eight critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player, tracked as CVE-2016-4182, CVE-2016-4237, CVE-2016-4238, CVE-2016-4281, CVE-2016-4282, CVE-2016-4283, CVE-2016-4284, and CVE-2016-4285. Adobe released security updates for Flash Player, and Palo Alto Networks released IPS signatures for Threat Prevention subscribers to provide proactive protection against the flaws.
What you should know: Eight critical Flash Player flaws found by one researcher in a single disclosure round show how much exploitable code sat in a plugin most enterprises could not easily patch or remove - and attackers only needed one of the eight to work.

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Topics: Vulnerabilities & Patching
Mentions: CVE-2016-4182 CVE-2016-4237 CVE-2016-4238 CVE-2016-4281 CVE-2016-4282 CVE-2016-4283 CVE-2016-4284 CVE-2016-4285
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