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It is not easy to keep up with Adobe these days. Patches and new exploits are almost released on a daily schedule. So here is the current "State of Adobe" the way I see it:
Please let me know if you have corrections, or better if you find a simple overview about "the state of Adobe bugs" on Adobe's own site. Any Adobe people out there: Feel free to copy the concept :). This table will be "frozen" to today's state and we may update similar, updated tables in the future as a new article.
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Johannes 3735 Posts ISC Handler |
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Nov 4th 2010 9 years ago |
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Holy moley, this will be helpful! Thanks! :)
I'd encourage Adobe to focus less on pushing partnered content (web browser toolbars or a/v products) with the Adobe product downloads, and instead create a support page that serves the exact purpose as what Johannes has created here. Also, links to such things as the tests to confirm installation of Flash/Shockwave/Air could be included there, too. Extra points would be awarded if the tests would accurately identify installed version numbers. In the meantime, thanks again! |
Nathan 8 Posts |
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Nov 4th 2010 9 years ago |
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The FlashPlayer page http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ will show you your installed version and the current versions. The Shockwave player page http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/ shows your installed version if you hover over the sample, but does not show current versions.
I can't imagine why Adobe hasn't made these pages consistently useful... |
Paul 44 Posts |
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Nov 5th 2010 9 years ago |
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In the newest issue (table's first issue) Adobe provides a workaround for Adobe Reader versions 9.2 and 8.1.7 or later:
http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2010/11/potential-issue-in-adobe-reader.html Additionally, it states that Adobe Acrobat is not affected. |
Juha-Matti 5 Posts |
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Nov 5th 2010 9 years ago |
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We still have https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/ to go to for pluginchecks, for most browsers (IE and Opera tested today).
At the present it still says Flash Player 10.1.85.3 is CURRENT but I hope this is updated shortly. It finds the "Microsoft Office 2010" plugin, but does not know what it is. |
dotBATman 63 Posts |
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Nov 5th 2010 9 years ago |
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Very useful table.
Maybe another column titled "Update Available" stating "Yes", "ETA dd.Mmm.yy" or "No" would make the table easier to read / script.. :) I wish we could all agree on one location and format for this table, for all operating systems and applications. That way software authors and users would only need to update / check once.. Utopia! |
dotBATman 63 Posts |
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Nov 5th 2010 9 years ago |
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Latest Flash Player version is 10.1.103.19
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dotBATman 5 Posts |
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Nov 5th 2010 9 years ago |
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@Juanma
Flash Player version 10.1.102.64 reads as version 10.1 (r102) - at least for the Windows version of Flash Player. |
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Nov 5th 2010 9 years ago |
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For those scripting these things there is an updated Flash Uninstaller;
uninstall_flash_player.exe (228 KB) (updated 04.Nov.2010). http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html?promoid=DTEGO |
dotBATman 63 Posts |
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@Juanma - I am abit worried that you are referring to a version I can't see on Adobe's pages. No offense, but I'm afraid I have to give advice to ISC readers that you should NOT run to Google to search for the 10.1.103.19 version..
 I'd trust http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ |
dotBATman 63 Posts |
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Why does Adobe make it next to impossible to simply download the updated version without installing?
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dotBATman 3 Posts |
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Why does Adobe make it next to impossible to simply download the updated version without installing?
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dotBATman 3 Posts |
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@Juanma, Ottmar and dotBATman
I think that 10.1.102.64 is for Firefox, IE, Opera, etc. and 10.1.103.19 is for Google Chrome. |
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@eddie, if you request the right to distribute you can download the files.
http://www.adobe.com/products/players/fpsh_distribution1.html http://www.adobe.com/products/air/runtime_distribution1.html http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/rdr_distribution1.html -eddy |
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So Adobe has an auto updater for Adobe reader. Why doesn't it also update their other free products that you might have installed, like shockwave and flash??
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@eddie
You can also download manual installers from here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/191/tn_19166.html#main_ManualInstaller I always just google 'flash troubleshoot' |
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How is Secunia coping as per this table? Ref earlier poll about which solutions us simpleminded use to keep ahead...
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And now Acrobat Reader's vulnerable even before it's been patched...
The end of the world as we know it will start with an emailed invoice encoded as an Acrobat file. |
Kelwin 57 Posts |
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And now Acrobat Reader's vulnerable even before it's been patched...
The end of the world as we know it will start with an emailed invoice encoded as an Acrobat file. |
Kelwin 57 Posts |
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@ Chris: You're right. To make things more difficult they have different versions depending on the browser. 10.1.102.64 is the latest for Firefox and 10.1.103.19 is the latest version for Chrome. I didn't know they have different versions for each browser. Sorry if I genrated confusion. Now it's clear.
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