Apple customers upgrading to Snow Leopard could be vulnerable to Adobe Flash attacks, security firm Spohos warns. If you updated to Snow Leopard this week, your Mac could be at risk, as the new operating system downgrades your Adobe Flash installation, the firm said.
Apple's new Snow Leopard operating system introduced a new anti-malware feature, in order to keep your computer virus-proof, but Apple overlooked the security risks from having an older version of Adobe Flash, says Sophos, a company specialized in security.
The latest version of Flash Player for Mac is 10.0.32.18, but Snow Leopard ignores if you kept Adobe Flash up to date on your computer, and downgrades it to an earlier version, Sophos says in a blog post. Without your knowledge, Snow Leopard installs an earlier version of Flash (10.0.23.1), which the security firm says it known not to be secure and is not patched against various security vulnerabilities.
Affected versions of Flash Player for Mac: • Adobe Flash Player version 23.0.0.185 and earlier • Adobe Flash Player for Google Chrome version 23.0.0.185 and earlier If you are a Mac user with Flash Player 11.3.x or later installed, and have “allow Adobe to install updates,” enabled, your Player should updateautomatically. Adobe flash player for mac. The same goes for users of the Google Chrome browser for Mac, which should update its Flash Player automatically.
Sophos advises Mac users to check whether they have the latest version of Adobe Flash on their computer, by visiting this Adobe page. Following a Snow Leopard upgrade this weekend, I can also confirm that my Adobe Flash player version has been downgraded to 10.0.23.1, as per the screenshot above. Adobe flash player 9 for mac os x free download.
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Mac OS X, version 10.4 and 10.5: uninstall_flash_player_osx.dmg The uninstaller is downloaded to the Downloads folder of your browser by default. In Safari, choose Window > Downloads. Support Communities / Mac OS & System Software / Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard Looks like no one’s replied in a while. I think Adobe got it right so far. I don't see any problems with Flash player. Aug 30, 2009 7:19 AM Reply Helpful. Thread reply - more options. Link to this Post. Snow leopard and adobe flash problem More Less.
- The first time was last September, when Adobe noted that Apple had shipped an older, vulnerable edition of Flash Player with Mac OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard, when that OS debuted in August 2009. Security researchers took Apple to task for bundling an old version of Adobe's software with Snow Leopard, and for 'downgrading' newer editions to the.
- Even if you've been spared most of the growing pains, you'll want to make note of this next item: According to the kids at Adobe, the initial release of Mac OS X 10.6 includes an earlier version.
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Several potential attacks and exploits have been targeted at Flash player in recent months which Adobe says could cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Adobe is now aware of the Snow Leopard downgrade and advises users on their blog to update to the latest version too. You can update to the latest version of Adobe Flash Player from this page.
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Apple did not respond to a comment request by the time of publishing.