Adobe says it considers the issue “critical” and is working on a patch for the flaw. The Shockwave Player bug could allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. The bug was found by a security researcher who said he released details of the problem to celebrate the fact that he now has 1,000 followers on Twitter. Users can disable Shockwave in their Web browsers until a patch becomes available, Adobe says. So far, there aren’t any reports of attacks that leverage the bug.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2123872/adobe-warns-of-shockwave-bug.html