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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:14 pm Post subject: Critical vulnerability found in Adobe Reader |
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This
eWeek article quotes security analyst Petko D. Petkov as saying Adobe Reader
is subject to a zero-day security vulnerability through which an attacker can
take over a Windows system. According to Petkov, "All it takes is to open a
[maliciously rigged] PDF document or stumble across a page which embeds one."...read more |
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