Has everybody heard of this serious zero day exploit with Adobe Acrobat and
the recently released update and instructions to rectify the issue:
Adobe Acrobat Reader and Adobe Acrobat Standard and Pro are vulnerable to
exploits, whereby a person who created a malicious pdf file can cause your
computer to run programs, install software, viruses, worms and Trojans.
Update available for vulnerability in versions 8.1 and earlier of Adobe
Reader and Acrobat
Release date: October 22, 2007
Vulnerability identifier: APSB07-18
CVE number: CVE-2007-5020
Platform: Windows XP (Vista users are not affected) with Internet Explorer 7
installed
Affected software versions: Adobe Reader 8.1 and earlier, Adobe Reader 7.0.9
and earlier
Adobe Acrobat Professional, 3D and Standard 8.1 and earlier versions, Adobe
Acrobat Professional, Standard, 3D and Elements 7.0.9 and earlier
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-18.html
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