A critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player
10.2.152.33 and earlier versions (Adobe Flash Player
10.2.154.18 and earlier for Chrome users) for Windows,
Macintosh, Linux and Solaris operating systems, Adobe
Flash Player 10.1.106.16 and earlier versions for Android,
and the Authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader
and Acrobat X (10.0.1) and earlier 10.x and 9.x versions of
Reader and Acrobat for Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
This vulnerability (CVE-2011-0609) could cause a crash and
potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected
system. There are reports that this vulnerability is being
exploited in the wild in targeted attacks via a Flash (.swf)
file embedded in a Microsoft Excel (.xls) file delivered as
an email attachment.