Adobe security bulletin warns of Flash vulnerability

December 08, 2011

A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader X (10.1.1) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh, Adobe Reader 9.4.6 and earlier 9.x versions for UNIX, and Adobe Acrobat X (10.1.1) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh.

This vulnerability (CVE-2011-2462) could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

There are reports that the vulnerability is being actively exploited in limited, targeted attacks in the wild against Adobe Reader 9.x on Windows. Read more