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Saturday, January 06, 2007
Adobe Acrobat .pdf Exploit
A serious vulnerabilty in Adobe Acrobat Reader versions prior to version 8 leaves Windows machines open to various attacks. Users, and lets face facts here, that means everyone, should upgrade to version 8.If an upgrade is impossible or unfeasable then, until a patch is issued you should, according to Adobe, disable the Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in for your Internet browser.
Adobe has the details here: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa07-01.html
Posted by Matthew Carrick at 1:58.28 PM EST | Permanent Link
| Categories: Privacy Issues, Security Alerts
| Categories: Privacy Issues, Security Alerts