ID: IRCNE2012021397
Date: 2012-02-12
According to "zdnet", Adobe has released a beta version of Flash Player for Firefox, which has better protection against vulnerability exploits because of a new sandboxed architecture.
According to Peleus Uhley, a researcher in Adobe’s secure software engineering team, the design of the Firefox Flash sandbox is similar to the Protected Mode mitigation fitted into Adobe Reader X.
Uhley said sandboxing technology has proven very effective in protecting users by increasing the cost and complexity of authoring effective exploits.
Ever since Adobe Reader X unveiled its sandbox in November 2010, Adobe says it has “not seen a single successful exploit in the wild” against the newest version of that sofware.
“We hope to see similar results with the Flash Player sandbox for Firefox once the final version is released later this year,” Uhley said.
Separately, Adobe security chief Brad Arkin says the company is moving to silent auto security updates for Flash Player “soon.”
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