Adobe Flash Player exploits got so much attention this week that confusion abounds over whether this concerns a new flaw or something for which a patch was released weeks ago. Adobe Flash player was targeted and has been attacked several times before. Application attacks have grown more popular in a Web 2.0 universe where companies are increasingly dependent on e-commerce. SANS Institute: Web application vulnerabilities in open-source as well as custom-built applications account for almost half the total number of vulnerabilities discovered from late 2006 to late 2007.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2122839/flaw-watch–why-adobe-flash-attacks-matter.html