Adobe PDF exploits continue after patch

Iria · Oct 25, 2007, 05:24 AM

Source: TG Daily
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San Jose (CA) - Just hours after Adobe fixed a vulnerability in its PDF viewing applications, users became warned of a continuing security threat.

Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader became hot programs for spammers after a glitch was discovered to exploit the program's "mailto" command. Hackers used this in connection with a malicious PDF code to send out bulk e-mails with dangerous PDF attachments.

Oct 25, 2007, 05:24 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Adobe PDF exploits continue after patch Source: TG Daily ________ San Jose (CA) - Just hours after Adobe fixed a vulnerability in its PDF viewing applications, users became warned of a continuing security threat. Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader became hot programs for spammers after a glitch was discovered to exploit the program's "mailto" command. Hackers used this in connection with a malicious PDF code to send out bulk e-mails with dangerous PDF attachments.