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Adobe Reader, IE 7 holes under attack | |
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| Time: 14:51 EST/19:51 GMT | News Source: InfoWorld | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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If you were an Internet crook, the following item would be music to your ears: A zero-day flaw--a security hole with no fix available before attacks could be launched--exists in Adobe Reader and Acrobat, and can be exploited by a poisoned PDF file in an attempt to take over a vulnerable computer. | ||
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| #1 By 8556 (12.210.39.82) at 3/30/2009 11:16:00 PM |
| I switched to Foxit Reader some time ago. It's faster and less vulnerable than Adobe's bloated Readers. |
| #2 By 8556 (12.210.39.82) at 3/30/2009 11:16:27 PM |
| Mr. Stein, the site is working well. Thank you. |
| #3 By 92283 (70.67.3.196) at 3/31/2009 10:07:34 AM |
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#1 Unfortunately, Foxit has vulnerabilities too.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=security&articleId=9129264&taxonomyId=17&intsrc=kc_top "Security researchers today warned of several vulnerabilities in Foxit, a free PDF document viewer that has been recommended as an alternative to Adobe Reader, which currently contains an unpatched critical bug of its own. Foxit Software Co. patched its namesake today to plug three holes. One of the three vulnerabilities is in the same JBIG2 image compression format fingered by researchers last month as the root of the bug in Adobe System Inc.'s popular Reader and Acrobat applications. The flaw in Adobe's software, which has been exploited by hackers since at least early January, will not be patched until Wednesday, according to Adobe's schedule. The Foxit and Adobe bugs are unrelated, however, except for the fact that they are both in the code that parses JBIG2 images, said Thomas Kristensen, chief technology officer at Secunia, the Danish company that reported the flaw to Foxit. "It is a completely different vulnerability related to JBIG2," Kristensen said in an e-mail today. " |
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