[LINK] Potential vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat

David Boxall david.boxall at hunterlink.net.au
Sat Dec 2 15:00:46 AEDT 2006


[NATIONAL-ALERTS] (AUSCERT AL-2006.0115) [Win]

Summary

Adobe is aware of a recently published report of potential vulnerabilities in 
Adobe Reader and Acrobat. These vulnerabilities would cause the application to
crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected 
system.

Affected software versions

Adobe Reader 7.0.0 through 7.0.8 and Adobe Acrobat Standard and Professional 
7.0.0 through 7.0.8 on the Windows platform when using Internet Explorer. Users
of other browsers are not affected.

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David Boxall                    |  Drink no longer water,
                                 |  but use a little wine
                                 |  for thy stomach's sake ...
                                 |            King James Bible
                                 |              1 Timothy 5:23




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