This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player that was discovered, and has been exploited actively in the wild. By embedding a specially crafted .swf file, Adobe Flash crashes due to an invalid use of an object type, which allows attackers to overwrite a pointer in memory, and results arbitrary code execution. Please note for IE 8 targets, Java Runtime Environment must be available on the victim machine in order to work properly.
Windows
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