Adobe acknowledged that both Adobe Reader and Acrobat Reader suffer from yet another security vulnerability, allowing hackers to launch a denial of service attack or execute malware on affected ...

Security firm Sophos has urged Adobe to disable Javascript by default in its PDF products, Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat. Sophos believes that Adobe needs to 'overhaul its approach to building ...

How Adobe is handling critical vulnerability discovered in its Reader software gets mixed reaction from IT security experts.

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.

Disable JavaScript now According to an advisory from Adobe, the critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.2 and earlier versions. It is being exploited in the wild.

If nothing else, JavaScript should be disabled by default in Adobe Reader.” Henceforth, Sophos has recommended all users to disable JavaScript in Adobe Acrobat and Reader by default.

Users should disable JavaScript in Adobe's Reader and Acrobat tools to protect themselves until a patch for a just-disclosed vulnerability is available, security experts said today.

Adobe’s advisory doesn’t discuss possible mitigating factors, although turning off Javascript in Reader is always a good first step.

News Adobe's Reader Fix: Disable JavaScript, For Now By Jabulani Leffall 05/01/2009 Adobe Systems Inc. confirmed this week that it's looking into chatter that its PDF viewing software, Adobe Reader, ...

Security experts today urged Adobe Reader and Acrobat users to disable the JavaScript option until a patch is issued for a just-disclosed vulnerability.

Adobe Systems Inc. confirmed this week that it's looking into chatter that its PDF viewing software, Adobe Reader, contains a critical vulnerability. IT security experts are mixed on the urgency of ...