From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Wed Jan 13 2010 - 19:57:14 CST

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TITLE:
Microsoft Windows Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27105

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27105/

DESCRIPTION:
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Windows XP, which
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a use-after-free error in the
bundled version of Flash Player when unloading Flash objects while
these are still being accessed using script code. This can be
exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted web page.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in Flash Player bundled with a fully
patched Windows XP SP2 and is also confirmed in an old version 6.0.79
of Adobe Flash Player.

NOTE: The version of Flash Player bundled with Windows XP is also
affected by a number of other vulnerabilities previously disclosed
and fixed in later versions of Adobe Flash Player.

SOLUTION:
Uninstall the bundled version of Flash Player and optionally install
the latest supported version of Flash Player from Adobe.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Carsten Eiram and Dyon Balding, Secunia Research.

The vendor also credits:
* Will Dormann of CERT/CC.
* TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative.

CHANGELOG:
2010-01-13: Added link to US-CERT and Microsoft advisories. Updated
credits.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-77/

Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979267.mspx

US-CERT VU#204889:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/204889

OTHER REFERENCES:
How to remove the Flash Player ActiveX control:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/127/tn_12727.html

How to uninstall the Adobe Flash Player plug-in and ActiveX control:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html

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