Adobe Patches Critical Flaw in Flash Player

Once again Adobe come up with an emergency update to patch 0-day flaw in Flash Player. According to the company, exploitation of this vulnerability is already going on so users are advised to install the patch on the earliest basis. Although all editions of Flash Player contain the vulnerability and should be patched, the active exploit is targeting only users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE). The "object confusion vulnerability" bug can cause the application "to crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system," Adobe said. The company did not provide any information about the exploit itself beyond saying it was part of a "targeted" attack.