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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Adobe has since confirmed the flaw in versions of Adobe Reader 9.1 and 8.1.4, acknowledging in a blog that "all currently supported shipping versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat Reader are ...

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.

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

Adobe has released a security update to address a vulnerability affecting both Windows and Mac versions of Acrobat DC, Acrobat Reader DC, Acrobat 2020, Acrobat Reader 2020, Acrobat 2017, and ...

"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 ...

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. The advice is ...