Heimdal Security just completed a widespread intelligence analysis of system software vulnerabilities. Our data clearly shows that the problem of software vulnerabilities is actually growing and you may think that companies already got better at closing security gaps faster.

 

The Bad News

 

The main problem here is that time periods between patches don’t follow and fix the great amount of vulnerabilities that continue to appear.

 

Some vendors are improving though.

 

Security holes in software is arguably one of the most used attack vector malicious hackers employ in a modern IT environment, with exploits accounting for 60 – 90% of the attack , depending on which data you look at.

 

This is precisely one of the reasons why you would think that software companies should be very quick at closing their security gaps, but the actual situation indicates quite the opposite.

 

If we take a quick look at the most vulnerable 3rd party software in the market, the list narrows in on some of the most used software components in the world.

 

The Numbers Speak for Themselves

 

The top 4 pieces of most commonly used vulnerable 3rd party software in 2012 / 2013 / 2014 are:

 

1.    Oracle Java Runtime environment

2.    Adobe Acrobat Reader

3.    Adobe Flash Player / Plugin

4.    Apple Quicktime

 

Of these 4, Adobe Flash Player accounts for 314 registered vulnerabilities alone in 2015. That comes to 26 vulnerabilities PER MONTH! The next piece of software on the list is Acrobat Reader with 130 vulnerabilities or 10,8 per month, still quite high, but not as extreme.

 

 

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