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A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 and earlier versions. This vulnerability would cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. There are reports that this issue is being exploited.

Adobe recommends users of Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9 update to Adobe Reader 9.1 and Acrobat 9.1. Adobe is planning to make available updates for Adobe Reader 7 and 8, and Acrobat 7 and 8, by March 18. In addition, Adobe plans to make available Adobe Reader 9.1 for Unix by March 25.


If you use Adobe Reader 9 to view PDF files then update to version 9.1 to address this issue.

If you use an ealier version of Adobe Reader then consider updating to version 9.1 now rather than wait for the fix to versions 7 & 8.

The latest version of Adobe Reader can be obtained from

http://get.adobe.com/reader/

For full details and download information for the Adobe Acrobat updates see:

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bull.../apsb09-03.html