Critical patch available for Adobe Flash zero-day

Adobe this week released a fix for a critical vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 10.2.152.33 and earlier versions used on various operating systems, as well as Reader and Acrobat X. Limited exploits in the wild against Flash Player – embedded in an Excel file and attached to email – have been reported. Adobe stated that it is not aware of attacks targeting Reader and Acrobat. The next quarterly security updates for Reader and Acrobat are scheduled for June 14.

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