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By Elinor Mills CNET News
Posted on ZDNet News: Oct 14, 2009 7:19:41 AM

Adobe on Tuesday released a security bulletin that includes fixes for 28 vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat, including a critical hole that has reportedly been exploited in the wild in limited attacks.

Also read: New Adobe PDF flaw under attack; Patch coming Tuesday

Affected software includes version 9.1.3 of Reader and Acrobat; Acrobat 8.1.6 for Windows, Macintosh, and Unix; and version 7.1.3 of Reader and Acrobat for Windows and Macintosh. The vulnerabilities could cause the applications to crash and could allow an attacker to take control of a user's computer, according to the security advisory.

One of the updates addresses a hole that Trend Micro says has been exploited by a Trojan horse that arrives as a PDF file containing malicious JavaScript. That exploit affects Microsoft Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, and Server 2003, according to Trend Micro.

Read more on "Adobe fixes 28 holes in Reader and Acrobat from CNET News.

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I don't understand why Adobe has gone this route with recent Acrobat Reader releases. What I want in a pdf reader is something fast and light, what I have is something slow which takes an age to load ... (Read the rest)
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Ask yourself this question......  lightingrod | 10/14/09
When you learn how to code 100% foolproof software..  Confused by religion | 10/14/09
Because software is written by humans. And humans make mistakes.  ye | 10/14/09
Wonder how long before a linux windows debate starts?....  jonesyx2 | 10/15/09
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Forget About That Debate  VoiceOfLogic | 10/17/09
Linux vs Windows  barence773 | 10/19/09
RE: Adobe fixes 28 holes in Reader and Acrobat  zz_james | 10/21/09

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