Thu, Jul 23 2009 4:10 Don

Adobe Reader, Acrobat and Flash Player Vulnerability

Adobe has released a blog post indicating that it is aware of reports of a vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.2 and Flash Player 9 and 10.

US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the blog post and implement the following workarounds until the vendor releases additional information:

  • Disable Flash in Adobe Reader 9 on Windows platforms by renaming the following files: "%ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\authplay.dll" and "%ProgramFiles%\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\rt3d.dll".
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Additional information regarding this vulnerability can be found in the Vulnerability Notes Database.

US-CERT will provide additional information as it becomes available.

http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#adobe_reader_acrobat_and_flash

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