Adobe Investigating New Reader Flaw

Adobe is warning users about another new vulnerability in its Reader application that causes the software to crash and could possibly lead to remote code execution as well. The new Reader bug was disclosed on Thursday on the Full Disclosure mailing list and Adobe security officials said that...

Adobe to Patch Zero-Day Flaw on Jan 12

Here’s a quick update to the Adobe PDF Reader/Acrobat zero-day story that broke yesterday after the company confirmed that an unpatched vulnerabilities was being attacked in the wild. First up, an exploit has been fitted into the Metasploit point-and-click penetration testing tool and there are...

Adobe Acrobat and Reader contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the JavaScript Doc.media.newPlayer method

Overview The Doc.media.newPlayer method in Adobe Acrobat and Reader contains a use-after-free vulnerability, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Description Adobe Reader and the Adobe Acrobat family of software are designed to creat...