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Jan 14
2010

Microsoft announces Windows XP and Adobe Flash Player 6 vulnerabilities

Posted by: spectrateam

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“Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player 6 Provided in Windows XP Could Allow Remote Code Execution”

 

Microsoft has issue a warning to all Windows XP users. The company urges all XP users to upgrade the Adobe Flash Player 6 that was originally bundled with Windows XP.

 

Apparently the Adobe version that was included with Windows XP has several vulnerabilities that could allow remote users execute code in the machines.

Until this moment Microsoft has not reported any problem with customers but it is always a recommendation to upgrade the system to eliminate this problem.

 

Affected Software

Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2



Non-Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

 

Read the Full Microsoft Security Advisory (979267)