Bangalore: Adobe has confirmed that Microsoft’s Windows 8 is vulnerable to attack from hackers via exploits that they developed in weeks.

Microsoft officially has announced that they won’t release any patch update for the flash player, as they will think about it only after its “General availability.” Which means Microsoft won’t be updating till October 26^th, the official release date of Windows 8.

"We will update Flash in Windows 8 via Windows Update as needed," a spokeswoman said in a reply to questions. "The current version of Flash in the Windows 8 RTM build does not have the latest fix, but we will have a security update coming through Windows Update in the GA timeframe."

Now there are questions of who the one to do the patching, Microsoft or Adobe. According to analysts, it’s Microsoft who is responsible for the patching spree.  Couple of months earlier, Microsoft announced that they are all set to integrate the media giant along their web browser.

At the time, Dean Hachamovitch, the company's lead executive for IE, said, "By updating Flash through Windows Update, like IE, we make security more convenient for customers."

On an Adobe support forum, a company representative announced on Aug. 23 that there would be no Flash update for Windows 8 and IE10 until late October. "Since Windows 8 has not yet been released for general availability, the update channel is not active," said Chris Campbell, identified as an Adobe employee. "Once this goes live, you'll start getting updates to Flash Player."