May 08 2009
May 12th is “Patch Tuesday,” the day Microsoft traditionally issues security updates. Adobe is also issuing a patch for Adobe Reader and Acrobat. The sole Microsoft patch fixes a “critical” flaw in PowerPoint. “Critical” means it’s a big deal. In this case, opening a maliciously crafted PowerPoint presentation could allow an attacker to execute code [...]
Apr 28 2009
Here we go again. Security researchers have turned up a couple more vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader (and Adobe Acrobat for those of you running the full, pay-for package). These flaws permit running arbitrary code on a target system without the user’s knowledge. This is triggered by tricking a victim into opening a maliciously crafted, JavaScript-enabled [...]
Apr 08 2009
Adobe recently released updates to Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat to fix a flaw that permitted running arbitrary code on a target system without the user’s knowledge. This is triggered by tricking a victim into opening a maliciously crafted PDF document — typically, an email attachment or a document served up on an infected web [...]