Critical Vulnerability In Adobe Reader

An anonymous reader writes "Core Security Technologies issued an advisory disclosing a vulnerability that could affect millions using Adobe's Reader PDF file viewing software. Engineers from CoreLabs determined that Adobe Reader could be exploited to gain access to vulnerable systems via the use of a specially crafted PDF file with malicious JavaScript content. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that users open a maliciously crafted PDF file, thereby allowing attackers to gain access to vulnerable systems and assume the privileges of a user running Acrobat Reader."

Structural Issues

[Anonymous Coward]

Critical Vulnerability In Adobe

You see, if you mix too much water into the mixture before it hardens, it is brittle and your dwelling will collapse on you ...

You can have it, hackers

[Sneftel]

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that users open a maliciously crafted PDF file, thereby allowing attackers to gain access to vulnerable systems and assume the privileges of a user running Acrobat Reader.

The main privileges being the privilege of waiting thirty seconds to view text, followed closely by the privilege of a crashed web browser.

Re:For the uninformed:

[internerdj]

Slower than Adobe Reader? What does it do, steal all the cycles from neighboring computers as well?

Re:For the uninformed:

[Anonymous Coward]

I know you're trying to look smart but export and import aren't the same thing.