(Credit: CNET)
Those of you running Adobe Flash, Reader, and/or Acrobat are advised to download the latest updates.
Adobe yesterday rolled out new and critical security fixes for all three products, urging users to install them.
The update for Flash patches a vulnerability that could cause the software to crash and allow someone to remotely take control of an infected computer.
This hole has already been exploited through limited attacks, Adobe said. Deployed through a malicious Word document, this exploit attacks the ActiveX version of Flash Player installed as a plug-in on Internet Explorer for Windows.
Windows and Macintosh users can update Flash through the Adobe Flash Player Download Center. Google Chrome users running the latest version of the browser automatically get the security update as it's bundled with Chrome. Google yesterday released Chrome 21.0.1180.79 for Mac, Linux, Windows, and Chrome Frame to fix the hole in Flash, which is built directly into Chrome.
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