Adobe Reader: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Adobe Reader: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Adobe Reader is vulnerable to execution of arbitrary code via a crafted PDF. acroread August 09, 2008 August 09, 2008: 01 233383 remote 8.1.2-r3 8.1.2-r3

Adobe Reader (formerly Adobe Acrobat Reader) is a closed-source PDF reader.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory reported that input to an unspecified JavaScript method is not properly validated.

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF document, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Adobe Reader users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/acroread-8.1.2-r3"

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