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Adobe Reader/Acrobat Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability


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Broni

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http://secunia.com/advisories/33901/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Reader/Acrobat, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error and can be
exploited to cause a buffer overflow. No further information is
available.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

NOTE: Reportedly, the vulnerability is currently being actively
exploited
.

SOLUTION:
Do not process untrusted documents.

The vendor is planning to release updates for Adobe Reader/Acrobat 9
by March 11th, 2009.

My advice: get rid of the beast, and switch to FoxIt: http://www.filehippo...oxit/changelog/
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anzenketh

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Hum I guess my CERT subscription is not working.
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I deleted that from my system awhile ago.

I like the Foxit program for one it takes a lot less space. easy to use.
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Never liked the Adobe Reader...Its bulky compared to Foxit and hogs a lot resources also.
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