During the last night, those from Adobe launched an update for Flash playeravailable on the platforms Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and Android OS. A vulnerability cataloged under the code name CVE-2013-0634 was discovered in Windows and OS X, it affects the users of these two platforms, and the update from Adobe has the role of fixing the vulnerability through installation. If you use flash player on your computer, it is recommended to install the update.
Adobe is also aware of reports that CVE-2013-0634 is being exploited in the wild in attacks delivered via malicious Flash (SWF) content hosted on websites that target Flash Player in Firefox or Safari on the Macintosh platform, as well as attacks designed to trick Windows users into opening a Microsoft Word document delivered as an email attachment which contains malicious Flash (SWF) content.
