Adobe is working on a fix for a Flash-related vulnerability that could be used by websites to surreptitiously turn on a visitor's microphone or webcam.
The problem is in the Flash Player Settings Manager on Adobe's servers and not with software on customer computers, Adobe spokeswoman Wiebke Lips told ZDNet UK's sister site CNET News on Wednesday.
"Engineering is currently working on a fix," she said in an email. "Note that this issue does not involve/require a product update and/or customer action. (In other words, there will not be a security bulletin.) It's a fix we are making on our end online, and it is going to be pushed live as soon as QA [quality assurance] has completed their testing." The vulnerability could be fixed by the end of the week, she said.
For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Adobe to plug Flash-related Webcam spying hole on CNET News.
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