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Adobe finds big hole in Acrobat

To add to Reader flaw
By INQUIRER Staff
Thu Apr 30 2009, 11:30

Holey-reader

ADOBE HAS ADMITTED finding a serious security flaw in all shipping versions of its Acrobat and Reader software.

Initially the firm said the vulnerability only afflicted its cumbersome Reader.

It appears the software's execution of JavaScript is flawed, allowing attackers to run code on targeted systems or crash applications willy-nilly.

Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 9.1, 8.1.4, and 7.1.1 and earlier are vulerable. Adobe said it hadn't found any live expolits yet.

The firm said it will patch the hole but didn't say when. µ

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