Russian security firm Group-IB has found a zero-day flaw in Adobe Reader that bypasses the program's sandbox protection. Currently available on the black market for $30,000 to $50,000, the exploit allows attackers to sidestep the application's "Protected Mode," which was…
Posted December 7, 2011, 9:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in IT Security
Adobe confirmed yesterday that its Adobe Reader software contains a zero-day vulnerability, crediting the security team at Lockheed Martin, which itself was a victim of an attack through the exploit, and members of the Defense Security Information Exchange for discovering…
Posted July 21, 2010, 10:23 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in IT Security, Software
For years, Adobe's ubiquitous Reader software has been one of the major targets of hackers looking to run malicious code on Windows operating systems. This -- combined with a habit of lagging to patch known vulnerabilities -- has earned the…
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