'We are reviewing our security update process in order to mitigate risks in Shockwave Player,' Edell said. The Adobe Shockwave Player 12, version 12.1.7.157 is listed in the Progams section of the Control panel and I understand from some reading Ive done that. Because of this, it may be easier to exploit a vulnerability when Flash is hosted by Shockwave, for example.'Īdobe spokeswoman Heather Edell confirmed that CERT's information is correct, and that the next release of Shockwave Player will include the updated version of Flash Player. In the case of Shockwave, there are some mitigations missing in a number of modules, such as SafeSEH. 'One of the things that helps make a vulnerability more difficult is how many of the exploit mitigations a vendor opts in to. 'So not only are the vulnerabilities there, but they're easier to exploit as well,' Dormann said.

That's because Shockwave has several modules that don't opt in to trivial exploit mitigation techniques built into Microsoft Windows, such as SafeSEH. Adobe Shockwave Player for Windows 8.1 allows you to work with flash content.

Dormann said he initially alerted the public to this gaping security hole in 2012 via this advisory, but that he first told Adobe about this lacklustre update process back in 2010.Īs if that weren't bad enough, Dormann said it may actually be easier for attackers to exploit Flash vulnerabilities via Shockwave than it is to exploit them directly against the stand-alone Flash plug-in itself.

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