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[![Traps Prevents Adobe Flash Player Zero-Day](https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/unit42-web-banner-650x300.jpg)](https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2018/02/unit42-traps-prevents-adobe-flash-player-zero-day/)

## [Endpoint](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/endpoint-2/?ts=markdown), [Products and Services](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/products-and-services/?ts=markdown), [Unit 42](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/unit42/?ts=markdown)

### [Traps Prevents Adobe Flash Player Zero-Day](https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2018/02/unit42-traps-prevents-adobe-flash-player-zero-day/)

Learn about the Adobe Flash Player zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2018-4878) and how Traps prevents this threat  
Feb 09, 2018  
By [Gal De Leon](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/gal-de-leon/?ts=markdown "Posts by Gal De Leon"), [Dor Hadad](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/dor-hadad/?ts=markdown "Posts by Dor Hadad") and [Maor Dokhanian](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/maor-dokhanian/?ts=markdown "Posts by Maor Dokhanian")

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[![Traps Prevents Microsoft Office Equation Editor Zero-Day CVE-2018-0802](https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/unit42-web-banner-650x300.jpg)](https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2018/01/unit42-traps-prevents-microsoft-office-equation-editor-zero-day-cve-2017-11882/)

## [Endpoint](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/endpoint-2/?ts=markdown), [Products and Services](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/products-and-services/?ts=markdown), [Unit 42](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/unit42/?ts=markdown)

### [Traps Prevents Microsoft Office Equation Editor Zero-Day CVE-2018-0802](https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2018/01/unit42-traps-prevents-microsoft-office-equation-editor-zero-day-cve-2017-11882/)

Unit 42 examines CVE-2017-11882 and how Traps advanced endpoint protection protects against this threat.  
Jan 19, 2018  
By [Gal De Leon](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/gal-de-leon/?ts=markdown "Posts by Gal De Leon") and [Maor Dokhanian](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/maor-dokhanian/?ts=markdown "Posts by Maor Dokhanian")

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[![Palo Alto Networks Discovers Two Adobe Reader Privileged JavaScript Zero-Days](https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/unit42-web-banner-650x300.jpg)](https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2016/10/unit42-palo-alto-networks-discovers-two-adobe-reader-privileged-javascript-zero-days/)

## [Threat Prevention](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/threat-prevention-2/?ts=markdown), [Unit 42](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/unit42/?ts=markdown)

### [Palo Alto Networks Discovers Two Adobe Reader Privileged JavaScript Zero-Da...](https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2016/10/unit42-palo-alto-networks-discovers-two-adobe-reader-privileged-javascript-zero-days/)

We recently discovered two zero-day vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader. Adobe has since released a patch (on October 6, 2016) to fix these vulnerabilities, which are named CVE-2016-6957 and CVE-2016-6958. These vulnerabilities could ...  
Oct 17, 2016  
By [Gal De Leon](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/gal-de-leon/?ts=markdown "Posts by Gal De Leon")

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## [Endpoint](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/endpoint-2/?ts=markdown)

### [How CVE-2015-7547 (GLIBC getaddrinfo) Can Bypass ASLR](https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2016/05/how-cve-2015-7547-glibc-getaddrinfo-can-bypass-aslr/)

Introduction On February 16, 2016 Google described a critical vulnerability in GLIBC's getaddrinfo function. They provided a crash PoC, and so the task of producing a reliable exploit began. In this post, ...  
May 27, 2016  
By [Gal De Leon](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/gal-de-leon/?ts=markdown "Posts by Gal De Leon") and [Nadav Markus](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/nadav-markus/?ts=markdown "Posts by Nadav Markus")

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## [Endpoint](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/endpoint-2/?ts=markdown)

### [How CVE-2015-7547 (GLIBC getaddrinfo) Can Bypass ASLR](https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2016/05/how-cve-2015-7547-glibc-getaddrinfo-can-bypass-aslr/)

Introduction On February 16, 2016 Google described a critical vulnerability in GLIBC's getaddrinfo function. They provided a crash PoC, and so the task of producing a reliable exploit began. In this post, ...  
May 27, 2016  
By [Gal De Leon](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/gal-de-leon/?ts=markdown "Posts by Gal De Leon") and [Nadav Markus](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/nadav-markus/?ts=markdown "Posts by Nadav Markus")

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[![Traps Prevents Adobe Flash Player Zero-Day](https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/unit42-web-banner-650x300.jpg)](https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2018/02/unit42-traps-prevents-adobe-flash-player-zero-day/)

## [Endpoint](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/endpoint-2/?ts=markdown), [Products and Services](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/products-and-services/?ts=markdown), [Unit 42](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/unit42/?ts=markdown)

### [Traps Prevents Adobe Flash Player Zero-Day](https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2018/02/unit42-traps-prevents-adobe-flash-player-zero-day/)

Learn about the Adobe Flash Player zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2018-4878) and how Traps prevents this threat  
Feb 09, 2018  
By [Gal De Leon](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/gal-de-leon/?ts=markdown "Posts by Gal De Leon"), [Dor Hadad](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/dor-hadad/?ts=markdown "Posts by Dor Hadad") and [Maor Dokhanian](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/maor-dokhanian/?ts=markdown "Posts by Maor Dokhanian")

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[![Traps Prevents Microsoft Office Equation Editor Zero-Day CVE-2018-0802](https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/unit42-web-banner-650x300.jpg)](https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2018/01/unit42-traps-prevents-microsoft-office-equation-editor-zero-day-cve-2017-11882/)

## [Endpoint](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/endpoint-2/?ts=markdown), [Products and Services](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/products-and-services/?ts=markdown), [Unit 42](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/unit42/?ts=markdown)

### [Traps Prevents Microsoft Office Equation Editor Zero-Day CVE-2018-0802](https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2018/01/unit42-traps-prevents-microsoft-office-equation-editor-zero-day-cve-2017-11882/)

Unit 42 examines CVE-2017-11882 and how Traps advanced endpoint protection protects against this threat.  
Jan 19, 2018  
By [Gal De Leon](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/gal-de-leon/?ts=markdown "Posts by Gal De Leon") and [Maor Dokhanian](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/maor-dokhanian/?ts=markdown "Posts by Maor Dokhanian")

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[![Palo Alto Networks Discovers Two Adobe Reader Privileged JavaScript Zero-Days](https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/unit42-web-banner-650x300.jpg)](https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2016/10/unit42-palo-alto-networks-discovers-two-adobe-reader-privileged-javascript-zero-days/)

## [Threat Prevention](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/threat-prevention-2/?ts=markdown), [Unit 42](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/unit42/?ts=markdown)

### [Palo Alto Networks Discovers Two Adobe Reader Privileged JavaScript Zero-Da...](https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2016/10/unit42-palo-alto-networks-discovers-two-adobe-reader-privileged-javascript-zero-days/)

We recently discovered two zero-day vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader. Adobe has since released a patch (on October 6, 2016) to fix these vulnerabilities, which are named CVE-2016-6957 and CVE-2016-6958. These vulnerabilities could ...  
Oct 17, 2016  
By [Gal De Leon](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/gal-de-leon/?ts=markdown "Posts by Gal De Leon")

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