Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Security Update 1

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Pat Willener

Summary

A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader and Acrobat
8.1.2. This vulnerability would cause the application to crash and could
potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

Solution

Adobe recommends Adobe Reader 8 users update to Adobe Reader 8.1.2
Security Update 1, available at the links below:

For Windows: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3967

For Macintosh: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3966


P.S. additional security updates are available for Adobe Acrobat 8.1.2
and 7.0.9; see
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-15.html
 
And not offered via automatic updates within the program--at least in my
simplistic one-off test just now...
 
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