Avira detects Exploit for new FlashPlayer Vulnerability

A new security flaw is abused in the wild to compromise PCs – up-to-date anti-malware protects.

A so-called zero-day vulnerability within Adobe’s Flash Player gets currently exploited, warns IT-security specialist Avira. An update to fix this is announced for the end of the month – until then, users need protection by anti-malware solutions.

Adobe has confirmed the newly discovered and already actively abused vulnerability within the Flash Player. As there is no update available yet, users can get infected just by browsing the Internet – malicious Flash objects can get embedded by cyber criminals in nearly all web sites, for example by manipulating advertisements.

Avira anti-malware solutions protect from this threat, though. The newly discovered exploit has already been detected by Avira AntiVir with heuristic routines as HEUR/HTML.Malware. For the current malware, a detection by the name EXP/Flash.CY has been added. The malicious Flash is downloading further malware to take control over the infected computer – but users of Avira anti-malware solutions are safe. Further details about this malware can be found in Avira’s TechBlog. Read more