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BlackBerry 10 Haunted by Adobe Flash Vulnerabilities

BlackBerry today warned that its newest smartphones and tablets are at risk of remote code execution attacks via vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player.

BlackBerry today warned that its newest smartphones and tablets are at risk of remote code execution attacks via vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player.

According to a BlackBerry advisory, a malicious hacker could booby-trap Adobe Flash content and lure users into visiting rigged Web pages or downloading Adobe Air applications.

BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 Smartphones“If the requirements are met for exploitation, an attacker could potentially execute code with the rights of the application that opens the specially crafted malicious Flash content,” BlackBerry warned.

From the BlackBerry advisory:

Vulnerabilities exist in the Flash Player version supplied with affected versions of the BlackBerry 10 OS and PlayBook OS. The Flash Player is a cross-platform, browser-based application runtime.

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could potentially result in an attacker executing code in the context of the application that opens the specially crafted Flash content (typically the web browser). Failed exploitation of this issue might result in abnormal or unexpected termination of the application.

In order to exploit these vulnerabilities, an attacker must craft Flash content in a stand-alone Flash (.swf) application or embed Flash content in a website. The attacker must then persuade the user to access the Flash content by clicking a link to the content in an email message or on a webpage, or loading it as part of an AIR application. The email message could be received at a webmail account that the user accesses in a browser on BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 smartphones and BlackBerry tablets.

Affected products include the BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 smartphones and the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.

The company said it was not aware of any active exploitation of the Flash Player vulnerabilities.

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Separately, Adobe shipped a cross-platform Flash Player update to fix at least four vulnerabilities that expose users to hacker attacks. Adobe said the vulnerabilities could be exploited to cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

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Ryan Naraine is Editor-at-Large at SecurityWeek and host of the popular Security Conversations podcast series. He is a security community engagement expert who has built programs at major global brands, including Intel Corp., Bishop Fox and GReAT. Ryan is a founding-director of the Security Tinkerers non-profit, an advisor to early-stage entrepreneurs, and a regular speaker at security conferences around the world.

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