Adobe today pushed out its first Flash Player update since announcing it would end-of-life the software in 2020.

Adobe’s first scheduled patch release of 2017 includes updates for Flash Player, Reader and Acrobat.

Adobe again released a security update for Flash Player, patching nine remote code execution vulnerabilities. Adobe Connect for Windows was also updated.

Adobe rolled out its monthly patch release today, and the news isn’t necessarily what was patched, but what wasn’t. For the first time since January, Adobe did not release a security update for Flash Player. Given Flash’s legacy of being a target-rich environment for cybercriminals and advanced attackers, a month without Flash patches is quite...

Adobe today patched a vulnerability in the Adobe Analytics AppMeasurement for Flash library, which can be added to Flash projects to measure the usage of Flash-based content. The vulnerability is a DOM-based cross-site scripting flaw that can be abused for cookie theft, said researcher Randy Westergren Jr., who privately disclosed the issue to Adobe. Unlike...

Adobe today released security updates for its PDF editing and viewing products, Acrobat and Reader, and its ereader for books called Adobe Digital Editions. And while the customary Flash update is missing from today’s monthly rollout, Adobe said a new version of the software will be available “in the coming days.” Last month, Adobe patched...

Adobe today patched 17 vulnerabilities in Acrobat and Reader, all of which the vendor rated as critical and warn could allow an attacker to commandeer the underlying system. Adobe said desktop versions of Acrobat and Reader XI (11.0.13), for Windows and Macintosh, are affected, as are Acrobat and Reader DC (15.009.20077 and 15.006.30097). None of...