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Clarification
An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application.

IE7 running in Protected Mode (the default in Vista) runs with fewer privileges than the current user. Would the exploit run in this context? If so, this malware was castrated before it even left the stall.

Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial-of-service conditions.

Please, oh please tell me this doesn't mean that your browser will crash. If so, why on earth do people insist on calling a denial of service? Your browser crashes, you open it again, and you don't go back to that site, case closed. Calling it a denial-of-service simply makes it sound like FUD.
Posted by: NonZealot   Posted on: 05/27/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Clarification  NonZealot | 05/27/08
Clarification to the Clarifier  nmcfeters | 05/27/08
PM is a sandbox not a LUA  Donald75 | 05/27/08
Sorry spoke to fast  nmcfeters | 05/27/08
Pwned browser still bad idea.  kindauniquebastard2 | 05/28/08
agreed -  zoroaster | 05/27/08
Here's a clarification that's needed.  dgurney | 06/03/08
The perfect storm  nmcfeters | 05/27/08
....  Linux User 147560 | 05/27/08
AdBlock and NoScript on Ubuntu  Chad_z | 05/27/08
And Vista as well  Heatlesssun1 | 05/27/08
Properly configured Ubuntu  chromeronin | 05/27/08
C'mon, that's not just lazy  jthill | 05/27/08
RE: Adobe Flash zero-day exploit in the wild  JT82 | 05/27/08
Leaving Adobe Flash?  daengbo | 05/28/08
So do UAC and DEP protect the user  Heatlesssun1 | 05/27/08
Vuln still being analyzed  Ryan Naraine ZDNet Moderator | 05/27/08
Beyond that, how about a little advice  klumper | 05/27/08
Advice that works anyway: NoScript  Giorgio Maone | 05/28/08
Best idea is to use Linux.It's hardly can be infected happy  kindauniquebastard2 | 05/28/08
Where's The Beef...And Broccoli?  archetuthus | 05/27/08
Thats a good Ostrich  DigitalPenGuy | 05/27/08
And...  nmcfeters | 05/27/08
Not only, but also...  zkiwi | 05/27/08
worthy victims  bart001fr | 05/28/08
And...  dunn@... | 05/28/08
multi-platform  zoroaster | 05/27/08
Not a big issue  fde101 | 05/28/08
uhh ...  ttocsmij | 05/28/08
SO? RE: Adobe Flash zero-day exploit in the wild  twaynesdomain | 05/27/08
Disable the Flash in your Browser for now...  dunn@... | 05/28/08
RE: Adobe Flash zero-day exploit in the wild  z33511@... | 05/27/08
okay ... how?  ttocsmij | 05/28/08
RE:  gods_disease@... | 05/28/08
In IE 7...  z33511@... | 05/28/08
Does FlashBlock prevent it  The-Bytemaster | 05/27/08
RE: Adobe Flash zero-day exploit in the wild  marketmaven | 05/27/08
RE: Adobe Flash zero-day exploit in the wild  ha123abc | 05/28/08
DEP is so unreliable anyway....  dunn@... | 05/28/08
That doesn't make DEP unreliable!  KTLA | 05/28/08
Surely.DEP is like a paper shield.Looks heavily.Protects from nothing.  kindauniquebastard2 | 05/28/08
Really?  rtk | 05/28/08
Just in time for the Olympics!!  techboy_z | 05/28/08
Flash: Just Say No  craigg4c | 05/28/08
You have no idea of what you are talking about  Sluggo Fishmonger | 06/05/08
I agee!! Flash is USELESS  Duke E. Love | 06/05/08
RE: Adobe Flash zero-day exploit in the wild  dorkiedorkfromdorktown | 05/28/08
RE: Adobe Flash zero-day exploit in the wild  olejnik | 05/28/08
flash isn'tavail in 64-bit, so..  inertman@... | 05/28/08
Firefox + Flashblock = solution  trophygeek | 05/28/08
RE: Adobe Flash zero-day exploit in the wild  rabit___@... | 05/28/08
Adobe claims fixed in current version  bcontario | 05/28/08

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