Another Adobe Reader Zero Day Vulnerability In The Wild
Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat have been hit with yet another zero day vulnerability that is affecting all versions of both programs up to Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 9.2. The vulnerability has been disclosed to the public by Adobe's Security Response team who wrote in their blog that they “are currently investigating this issue and assessing the risk to [their] customersâ€.
Adobe itself did not reveal details about the exploit in the blog post but a post at the Shadowserver website which is run by security volunteers from around the world. According to information posted on their website the exploit has been in the wild since at least December 11. The number of attacks have been limited and targeted so far according to their information. They do expect the “exploit to become more wide spread in the next few weeks†with the potential to become fully public in the same timeframe.
Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat have been hit with yet another zero day vulnerability that is affecting all versions of both programs up to Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat 9.2. The vulnerability has been disclosed to the public by Adobe's Security Response team who wrote in their blog that they “are currently investigating this issue and assessing the risk to [their] customersâ€.
Adobe itself did not reveal details about the exploit in the blog post but a post at the Shadowserver website which is run by security volunteers from around the world. According to information posted on their website the exploit has been in the wild since at least December 11. The number of attacks have been limited and targeted so far according to their information. They do expect the “exploit to become more wide spread in the next few weeks†with the potential to become fully public in the same timeframe.
