02-20-2009, 09:44 AM | #1 | |
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Adobe Reader 9 new exploit in the wild
A new critical vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader 9 (and earlier versions, too), which could allow attackers to cause a vulnerable application to crash or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PDF file.
According to Adobe's advisory a fix is scheduled for March 11th, 2009. If you don't want to wait that long, I suggest you go for one of the many (free) alternatives (like Foxit Reader or SumatraPDF) which are not affected. Quote:
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02-20-2009, 01:42 PM | #2 |
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According to the "explorers" of this vulnerability it suffices to deactivate JavaScript in your Adobe Reader (somewhere hidden in the program's settings).
@doctorow: Shouldn't it say "Adobe advisory"? It's not Amazon's fault this time |
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