Adobe Reader Silent Fix

by certifiedbug on February 6, 2008

in Security

Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Release Notes

The absence of a bulletin with details and severity ratings has raised eyebrows in the security research community.

The patch, included in Adobe Reader 8.1.2, plugs at least one known critical issue that allows rigged PDF files to be used in code execution attacks, says Kostya Kortchinsky, a vulnerability researcher at Immunity.

eWeek

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