... you should click through to some Adobe Reader security goodness. You'll be glad you did, especially when all the malware in the wild targeting it bounces off of you.This one's nasty, and well done to Adobe for pushing out an emergency patch, and for Firefox for so helpfully telling us. And we'll take a break from the Windows bashing, because this is a cross-platform security bug:
The fixes address a vulnerability in Windows, Mac, and Linux versions of the reader that allows hackers to remotely install malware on end-users' machines by tricking them into opening a booby-trapped document.You can find out more from Adobe, and get the patch, by clicking here. Srlsy, you want this, whoever you are.
UPDATE 30 June 2010 09:24: Just to clarify the link to the patches:
Windows users.
Macintosh users.
Linux users.
Color me stupid. I'm having a difficult time finding the patch at that link. Help?
ReplyDeleteWhy not use FoxIt instead? I don't get it.
ReplyDeleteJim
Ashok-
ReplyDeleteArrrggghh!
He'p a po' boy out.
I just downloaded Adobe on Monday (fresh for this system), & have not rec'd the FF warning (FF 3.6.6).
Am I good?
Doubletrouble, start up Adobe Reader, and go to Help -> About. That will tell you the version.
ReplyDeleteAdobe Reader 9.3.2 (and earlier versions) are vulnerable.
The date of the patch was yesterday, but that's no way to tell for sure. The version number will be definitive.
Nice- 9.3.3 now in.
ReplyDeleteEasy, & thanks...
I thought this was about Flash, not Reader?
ReplyDeleteI use Foxit for PDF's, but am stuck with with flash for web stuff.
Having Adobe keep trying to install their download manager software every time I try to do a flash update gets old quick.