Showing posts with label Adobe Acrobat. Show all posts
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Adobe Sends an Immediate Updates to Acrobat and Reader, in Wake of Flash Zero-Day

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Yet again Adobe has quickly announced to be releasing software updates in relation to the zero-day vulnerability of Adobe Flash. Adobe has previously also provided the updated version of Adobe Flash, but from now onwards, with the updates of today, it is releasing carrying the upgraded version of Adobe Flash to reproduce the upgraded versions of Acrobat and Reader. Both of the software’s, in one way or the other, comprised and depended on the Flash components. This made them vulnerable to some extent as well, which is now dealt with, in this latest update.
Adobe has announced to release these update software’s earlier than the speculations of the experts, this is being believed as a very abrupt response to the new exploits in the wild. According to the report of the Adobe security advisory; "There are reports that this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wildagainst both Adobe Flash Player, and Adobe Reader and Acrobat, as well as via a Flash (.swf) file embedded in a Microsoft Word (.doc) or Microsoft Excel (.xls) file delivered as an email attachment targeting the Windows platform."
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