Windows Users Patch Adobe Now!
filed in Privacy, Software on Nov.04, 2008
There’s a critical, remotely exploitable vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat/Reader version 8.
According to an advisory from Core Security, Adobe Reader suffers from a stack buffer overflow when parsing specially crafted (invalid) PDF files. The flaw could be exploited if a user is tricked into opening a rigged PDF file, the company warned.
From the alert:
The vulnerability is caused [...]
