Posted on Wednesday, March 11 2009 @ 16:57 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Adobe has published a security update for Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9, the patch fixes a critical vulnerability that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of your system.
A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 and earlier versions. This vulnerability would cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. There are reports that this issue is being exploited.
Adobe recommends users of Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9 update to Adobe Reader 9.1 and Acrobat 9.1. Adobe is planning to make available updates for Adobe Reader 7 and 8, and Acrobat 7 and 8, by March 18. In addition, Adobe plans to make available Adobe Reader 9.1 for Unix by March 25.
More info and links to updates
at Adobe.
