Well, here we go again. Adobe has confirmed another vulnerability in all the currently supported versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat (Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1, 8.1.4, 7.11 and earlier versions). The zero-day vulnerability relates to a JavaScript memory corruption error. Secunia has placed the “highly critical” label on this bug. According to Adobe, the solution is to temporarily disable JavaScript in Adobe Reader and Acrobat using the following instructions:
- Launch Acrobat or Adobe Reader
- Select Edit>Preferences
- Select the JavaScript Category
- Uncheck the ‘Enable Acrobat JavaScript’ option
- Click OK
Let’s hope it doesn’t take Adobe months to fix this problem like it did the last time.
- John and Mike
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