Multiple serious vulnerabilities have been found in Adobe Flash Player versions earlier than 26.0.0.151. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain sensitive information and execute arbitrary code.

Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities:

1. Security bypass vulnerability related to performing URL redirect can be exploited remotely to obtain sensitive information;
2. Type confusion vulnerability which occurs while parsing SWF files can be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code.

Technical details

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Adobe Flash Player versions earlier than 26.0.0.151

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Adobe Security Bulletin

The following public exploits exists for this vulnerability:

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42480

Malware exists for this vulnerability. Usually such malware is classified as Exploit. More details.