Adobe Reader, Acrobat updates fix 17 critical holes

[ronjor]

by Elinor Mills

Adobe on Tuesday released updates for Reader and Acrobat that plug 17 critical holes, including one being exploited in the wild to take control of computers and one that could be used to launch an attack using social engineering and PDF files.

Adobe warned about the vulnerability being used in attacks, which also affected Flash Player, in early June and plugged the hole in Flash on June 10.

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[FanJ]

Thanks Ron !

I got my copy here:




As usual I disabled those start-ups (picture from RegRun before I let it change back to disable them)

[FanJ]

PS:
see also posting by Roddy in the Update forum (thanks Roddy !):
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=276052

[CloneRanger]

It's almost never ending Glad i don't use it

Why can't Adobe employ coders who know how to code securely, and often ? I bet they are on more than mimimum $ too, not that they are worth it

[Daveski17]

Yeah, what is it with Adobe? Their updates worry me as much as Microsoft's do!

The Adobe PDF Reader isn't particularly stable either.

[ronjor]

We are Listening

Adobe Reader is relied upon by individuals, businesses and governments worldwide, and the security of our users continues to be a key priority for us. As part of our commitment, we continually listen to the feedback from our users and the community at large. That feedback is paramount, as we continue to develop new capabilities that strengthen the security of our products. So, please keep the feedback coming!

Adobe

[Daveski17]

Hmmmm... I wonder if they really do listen Ron?