full-disclosure - Adobe Flash UpdateInstalls Other Warez without Consent

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Message-ID: <CAH8yC8=cV7G3K7z8NjHjtzkPieqfH0Exd6id1uLTzWzgCrsfBw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 13:09:56 -0400
From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader@...il.com>
To: FunSec List <funsec@...uxbox.org>
Cc: Full Disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>,
	BugTraq <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>
Subject: Adobe Flash UpdateInstalls Other Warez without
	Consent

The company that writes the worlds most insecure software [1,2,3] has
figured out a way to further increase an attack surface.

Adobe now includes additional warez in their updates without consent.
The warez includes a browser and tools bar. The attached image is what
I got when I agreed to update Adobe Flash because of recent security
vulnerability fixes.

It appears Adobe has become a whore to Google like Mozilla.

+1 Adobe.

[1] http://www.google.com/#q=Adobe+site%3Asecurityfocus.com.
[2] http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search-results?query=adobe&search_type=all&cves=on
[3] http://lastwatchdog.com/adobe-surpasses-microsoft-favorite-hackers-target/
[4] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/29/security_predictions_2010/

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