Security flaw in Flash multimedia reported

The ubiquitous Flash multimedia player has a security flaw that gives
intruders a back door into a user’s PC, says eEye Digital

Security.

Macromedia has released a fix for the problem, and urges all users of
versions older than 6.0.65.0 to upgrade to that

edition.

Flash, which is commonly found on Web sites and less often delivered in
commercial e-mail pitches, can serve as the entry point for malicious code–which
could, in turn, let attackers control a remote PC –through a
specially-formatted Flash file.

Users can download the most recent version, which is not susceptible to the
security gap, from Macromedia’s Web site.

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