Recently patched Flash Player sandbox leaks Windows creds

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Recently patched Flash Player sandbox leaks Windows creds
A recently patched vulnerability in Adobe's Flash Player could be used to steal Windows user credentials, Dutch security researcher Björn Ruytenberg has discovered. The bug is a variant of an old vulnerability, CVE-2016-4271, which Adobe patched in September 2016. That flaw could enable ...

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