Flash Player < 10.3.181.26 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-18)
High Nessus Plugin ID 55140
Synopsis
A browser plugin is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability.
Description
According to its version, the instance of Flash Player installed on the remote Windows host is earlier than 10.3.181.26. This version of Flash Player has a critical vulnerability. By tricking a user on the affected system into opening a specially crafted document with Flash content, an attacker could leverage the vulnerability to execute arbitrary code remotely on the system subject to the user's privileges.
This issue is reportedly being exploited in the wild in targeted attacks as of June 2011.
Solution
Upgrade to Adobe Flash version 10.3.181.26 or later.