![]() ![]() On Windows, Flash Player already has been sandboxed under Google Chrome since March 2011, under Mozilla Firefox since June 2012 and under Internet Explorer 10 since it was released on Windows 8. Sandboxing Flash Player under Safari on Mac OS X is the latest step in the company's plan to secure the plug-in across different platforms and browsers. ![]() "The result is that customers can still view Flash Player content while benefiting from these added security protections," Uhley said. Adobe Flash Player Plugins NPAPI and PPAPIVersion 32.0.0.465This software is unmodified and is the original installer presented by Adobe.Installing Adobe Flash. Finally, the sandbox limits Flash Player's networking privileges to prevent unnecessary connection capabilities." "The sandbox also limits Flash Player's local connections to device resources and inter-process communication (IPC) channels. With the new Safari release in Mavericks, "Flash Player's capabilities to read and write files will be limited to only those locations it needs to function properly," Uhley explained. Because of such attacks, Apple started blacklisting outdated versions of Java and Flash Player in Safari through XProtect.
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