It took hackers less than two weeks to integrate a recently patched Flash Player exploit into widely used Web-based attack tools that are being used to infect computers with malware.
The vulnerability, known as CVE-2016-4117, was discovered earlier this month by security researchers FireEye. It was exploited in targeted attacks through malicious Flash content embedded in Microsoft Office documents.
When the targeted exploit was discovered, the vulnerability was unpatched, which prompted
a security alert from Adobe Systems and
a patch two days later.
As it usually happens with zero-day exploits, it was only a matter of time until more cybercriminals got their hands on the CVE-2016-4117 exploit code and started using it in widespread attacks.
On Saturday, a malware researcher known as Kafeine spotted the exploit in Magnitude, one of the most popular exploit kits used by cybercriminals.
