10 October 2007

Critical Adobe PDF Vulnerability

Adobe Systems Inc. has admitted that there is a a critical vulnerability that could be leveraged using PDF files. Adobe Acrobat/Reader PDF documents can be used to compromise your Windows box, completely, invisibly and unwillingly!!! All it takes is to open a PDF document or stumble across a page that embeds one.

Only Windows XP users are at risk. Adobe doesn't yet have a patch that protects such users against attacks arriving as PDF files.

I know of a permanent solution available for download here.

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