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![]() ![]() The SAS position and recommendations for removing the Adobe Flash Player dependency in SAS software are discussed below. Visit Adobe Flash Player EOL General Information Page for questions about Flash and news from Adobe. SAS continues to closely monitor Adobe communications on Adobe Flash Player end-of-life (EOL). Most major browser vendors already included security warnings for users of Flash content, disabled Flash by default in 2019, and are expected to remove support for Flash completely to match the end-of-life direction that is stated by Adobe. Adobe released its final Adobe Flash Player update on Dec. Adobe announced that it intended to move its Flash technology to end-of-life status, and would cease to update and distribute the Flash Player at the end of 2020. However, Google recently revealed another vulnerability in Windows 10 and it's still not clear when Microsoft will fix this other issue.Applications in the SAS ® 9.4 platform – as well as many SAS ® solutions that are based on SAS 9.3 and SAS 9.4 – used Adobe Flash Player to provide interactive user interfaces. Adobe Flash Player is regular source of security issues on computers, so we're glad that Redmond was quick to issue a patch. The update is only available on Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016, and we invite you to install it on your PC as soon as possible (be aware that you'll have to restart your computer to complete the process). The patch for the built-in Flash plugin is now available to download in Windows Update, and the company explained in the changelog that it fixes a critical vulnerability issue that could allow an attacker to execute code from a remote server (via The Verge). ![]() As we reported yesterday, Microsoft was expected to release a security update for Adobe Flash Player on Windows this week after announcing that February’s Patch Tuesday’s updates would be delayed to next month. ![]()
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