Adobe Systems yesterday reported its Reader contains a vulnerability that would allow an attacker to remotely execute malicious code. A security flaw in the dominant document-sharing software could allow hackers to seize control of a computer system. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a program for viewing Portable Document Format (PDF) documents. Under special circumstances, if a malicious PDF file is opened using Adobe Reader, a stack buffer overflow could occur resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
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Adobe Reader Flaw Depicts Emerging Vulnerability Trend
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire July 7, 2005 09:24 AMAdobe Systems yesterday reported its Reader contains a vulnerability that would allow an attacker to remotely execute malicious code. A security flaw in the dominant document-sharing software could allow hackers to seize control of a computer system. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a program for viewing Portable Document Format (PDF) documents. Under special circumstances, if a malicious PDF file is opened using Adobe Reader, a stack buffer overflow could occur resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.