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US-CERT National Cyber Alert Systemhttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html [US-CERT National Cyber Alert System] An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by convincing a user to load a specially crafted Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file. Acrobat integrates with popular web browsers, and visiting a website is usually sufficient to cause Acrobat to load PDF content.

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SecurityFocus Vulnerabilitieshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498057 [SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities] SecurityFocus: ZDI-08-074: Adobe Acrobat PDF Javascript getCosObj Memory Corruption Vulnerability Nov 04 2008 08:54PM zdi-disclosures 3com com. ZDI-08-074: Adobe Acrobat PDF Javascript getCosObj Memory Corruption Vulnerability .

ZDI: Published Advisories[ZDI: Published Advisories] Zero Day Initiative: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious web address or open a malicious file.

Hack In The Boxhttp://www.hackinthebox.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=28899 [Hack In The Box] Adobe patches 8 bugs in popular PDF apps :: Hack In The Box ...: In late May, researchers at Core Security Technologies told Adobe of a critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat, the free-of-charge and for-a-fee programs, respectively, that handle PDF files. The bug, which could be used by hackers to launch attack code against Windows, Mac or Linux computers, was found in older versions of the software.

SecurityFocus Vulnerabilitieshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498069 [SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities] SecurityFocus: with an embedded PDF. If the user has the Adobe Reader Browser plugin enabled, the PDF file will render inside of the browser.

US-CERT Recently Published Vulnerability Noteshttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/593409 [US-CERT Recently Published Vulnerability Notes] US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#593409: The installer for Adobe Reader and Acrobat configures Internet Explorer to automatically open PDF files without any user interaction. This behavior can be reverted to the safer option of prompting the user by importing the following as a .

Securityvulns news channelhttp://securityvulns.com/news/Adobe/Acrobat/Reader/0811.html [Securityvulns news channel] Adobe Acrobat / Reader multiple security vulnerabilities ...: IDEFENSE, iDefense Security Advisory 11.04.08: Adobe Reader Embedded Font Handling Out of Bounds Array Indexing Vulnerability (

RootSecurityhttp://y2h4ck.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/adobe-acrobat-utilprintf-stack-buffer-overflow/ [RootSecurity] Adobe Acrobat util.printf() Stack Buffer Overflow « RootSecurity: Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that users open a maliciously crafted PDF file thereby allowing attackers to gain access to vulnerable systems and assume the privileges of a user running Acrobat Reader. Adobe Reader version 9, which was released in June 2008, is not vulnerable to the reported problem.

Creation Engine Bloghttp://blog.creationengine.com/?p=992 [Creation Engine Blog] Google Reaches Scanning Milestone With Adobe’s PDF | Creation ...: Acrobat 9 Professional Google late yesterday revealed that it has successfully implemented OCR (optical character recognition) technology to scan and convert a picture in a document created by Adobe’s PDF format into words.

Acrobat User Community Articleshttp://www.acrobatusers.com/articles/2008/11/acrobat_9_spawns_educational_resources/index.php [Acrobat User Community Articles] Acrobat User Community - Acrobat 9 spawns wealth of educational ...: This is the official training workbook from Adobe Systems and is comprised of a series of self-paced, chapter-based lessons that successively guide a user from learning the basics to understanding more advanced features -- in particular, new features like PDF Portfolio. Each richly illustrated chapter in the 341-page book concludes with a set of review questions and answers.

Redmond Channel Partner Online| News[Redmond Channel Partner Online| News] Redmond Channel Partner Online | News: UPDATE: Adobe Patches ...: The patch comes after security researcher Core Security Technologies put out an advisory Tuesday disclosing a vulnerability that it said could have adverse effects on millions of individuals and businesses who use the popular application, which enables users to view PDF files. The CoreLabs engineers discovered attackers could exploit Adobe Reader to gain access to vulnerable systems by using a maliciously crafted PDF file.

Flash Enabled Bloghttp://flashenabledblog.com/2008/11/06/tutorials-video-tutorials-on-adobe-products/ [Flash Enabled Blog] Tutorials | Video Tutorials on Adobe products « Flash Enabled Blog: My friends in LayerTV just released a nice tutorial on Adobe products. The tutorial cover several topics.

Freebiehttp://www.free-bie.co.cc/2008/11/adobe-reader-813.html [Freebie] Freebie: Adobe Reader 8.1.3: Acrobat Reader also lets you fill in and submit PDF forms online. And when enabled by Acrobat Professional authors, you can now leverage robust commenting tools and actively participate in document reviews.

Free Full Download[Free Full Download] Adobe Acrobat Professional v8.PROPER-ZWTiSO rapidshare megaupload ...: Adobe Acrobat 8 helps you communicate and collaborate more easily and securely using PDF, the standard for electronic document exchange. Create and reliably share PDF documents and forms, help protect and control sensitive information, safeguard your work, and communicate exactly as you intended.

Adobe Blogshttp://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/2008/11/security_bulletin_adobe_reader.html [Adobe Blogs] Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT): Security ...: We have posted a Security Bulletin for Adobe Reader 8 and Acrobat 8, covering a number of issues. These issues do not apply to Adobe Reader 9 or Acrobat 9, so no action is required for customers who already have Adobe Reader 9 or .

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