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Adobe warns of critical vulnerability in Flash and PDF readers
The company has received reports that Flash users on Windows have been attacked, but there is no word of Adobe Reader or Acrobat being exploited in the wild -- at least not yet anyway. Adobe is rushing to get a patch out for Flash on all the mentioned platforms, and that's due sometime during the week of September 27. Reader and Acrobat won't be fixed until the following week of October 4.
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Jibberish18
on September 14, 2010 4:37 PM |
So the vulnerability is critical AND people have been attacked and it'll take them at least 2 weeks to patch things up? I understand that Flash runs on a lot of platforms but Reader and Flash are two things tons of people use on a daily basis. Want to know the pathetic thing though? Most people my office won't ever update those two thing. Some people still use IE6 which just blows my mind. Awesome. |
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treeski
on September 14, 2010 9:39 PM |
@Jibberish18: I know what you mean. There is a computer in each classroom at my University, and each time a professor uses one, a "update flash" message pops up... and EVERY TIME, they 'X' it out and ignore. I know it's not exactly their responsibility to maintain the computers, but it drives me crazy. |
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LightHeart
on September 15, 2010 7:37 AM |
Use EMET 2.0 to block Adobe Reader and Acrobat 0-day exploit Check out this blog post: Use EMET 2.0 to block Adobe Reader and Acrobat 0-day exploit [link] |
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tengeta
on September 15, 2010 1:21 PM |
Man these days Adobe makes Microsoft look vigilant in fixing vulnerabilities... |
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