Adobe Acrobat flaw fixed

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by Stephen Withers

Wednesday, 24 October 2007

! Updates to Adobe's Acrobat family include security patches along with other improvements. Related stories Giving identity thieves and hackers the big finger – protect yourself! Whoops! iPhone passcode bypass a cinch Sack us and we will leave with your data, say IT Admins EXCLUSIVE: Best Western Pwned, new facts emerging One million bank accounts going, going, gone for £35 on eBay The Acrobat 8.1.1 Professional and Standard update addresses a vulnerability involving Windows XP and Internet Explorer 7 that could allow a maliciously crafted document to cause the execution of code leading to a takeover of the system. "Adobe will be providing an update to Adobe Reader 7.0.9 and Acrobat 7.0.9 at a later date," company officials said. The 8.1.1 update also addresses various non-security issues relating to PDF forms and to OCR of Japanese text. It also provides additional stability. The update is applicable to Acrobat Professional, Standard and 3D. A separate update for Adobe Reader for Windows delivers the security, PDF forms and stability improvements. Adobe Reader 8.1.1 update for Mac OS X contains the PDF forms and stability improvements. Individuals responsible for managing their own systems may find it simplest to use the Check for Updates feature of the Adobe applications rather than manually downloading and installing the updates. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to post your comment! Tags See All Tags Macintosh  Security  Software  Stephen Withers  Support and maintenance  Windows  Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now

 

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