Adobe patches nasty security hole
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:30 am
On Monday [October 22], Adobe released a patch for versions 8.1 and earlier of its Acrobat and Acrobat Reader. This patch affects Windows XP SP2 with IE7 and Adobe Reader 7 through 8.1 and addresses the flaws cited in CVE-2007-5020. If exploited, a criminal hacker could launch malicious code on an affected system.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9803757-7.html
If you use Adobe Reader, update it to version 8.1.1. Personally, I prefer to use Foxit Reader. It's smaller and faster than Adobe Reader (and it isn't afflicted with this security problem).
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9803757-7.html
If you use Adobe Reader, update it to version 8.1.1. Personally, I prefer to use Foxit Reader. It's smaller and faster than Adobe Reader (and it isn't afflicted with this security problem).