Flash Player workaround available for “Clickjacking” issue
usrbingeek | Oct 08, 2008 | 0 comments
Adobe reports they are aware of recently published reports of a ‘Clickjacking’ issue in multiple web browsers that may allow attackers to trick people into unknowingly clicking on a malicious link or dialog box.
It has been determined that this potential “Clickjacking” issue affects Adobe Flash Player and they are working on an update to Flash Player.
Adobe has published the following workaround to an update is released.
To prevent this potential issue, customers can change their Flash Player settings as follows:
- Access the Global Privacy Settings panel of the Adobe Flash Player Settings Manager at the following URL: http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager02.html
- Select the “Always deny” button.
- Select ‘Confirm’ in the resulting dialog.
- Note that you will no longer be asked to allow or deny camera and / or microphone access after changing this setting. Customers who wish to allow certain sites access to their camera and / or microphone can selectively allow access to certain sites via the Website Privacy Settings panel of the Settings Manager at the following URL: http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager06.html.
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