Adobe Systems Inc. confirmed this week that it's looking into chatter that its PDF viewing software, Adobe Reader ... is that attempting to disable JavaScript on thousands of end points at ...

Adobe has since ... JavaScript function, according to the US-CERT. In an effort to mitigate the risk, the federal agency recommends that users disable JavaScript in Adobe Reader.

"If nothing else, JavaScript should be disabled by default in Adobe Reader." It certainly isn't the first time that Adobe has been criticised, but the company has at least fixed the latest flaw ...

SEE: How to mitigate Adobe PDF malware attacks] The company has activated its ... In the interim, Adobe PDF Reader/Acrobat users are urged to immediately disable JavaScript: ...

Adobe patched its free Reader and commercial Acrobat software this week to plug the latest in what one researcher called an u201cepidemicu201d of JavaScript vulnerabilities.

Adobe's popular Reader PDF viewer has come under attack once again ... the work-around for the issue remains the same as always - disable JavaScript processing via the Preferences menu.

Adobe, although they have admitted to the flaw, has not given a time line for fixing the affected applications with include Acrobat (Reader as well) 9.1, 8.1.4, 7.1.1 and earlier. Read more here ...

There has been quite a lot of traffic in the last few weeks about the doc.media.newPlayer vulnerability referenced in the CVE database as CVE-2009-4324. The following Adobe articles refer: Today's ...

"All currently supported shipping versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat, [Versions] 9.1, 8.1.4 and 7.1.1 and earlier, are vulnerable to this issue," said David Lenoe, the company's security program ...

Apparently the vulnerability has been patched up with the release ... This is why we recommend all users disable JavaScript in Adobe Acrobat and Reader.” Further emphasizing the need to disable ...

Adobe Systems has patched its free Reader and commercial Acrobat software to fix the latest in what one researcher called an "epidemic" of JavaScript vulnerabilities in the popular apps.