I think I see a new Adobe flash or PDF exploit/vulnerability every couple of days. This one is interesting as its a Flash .SWF file embedded into Acrobat 9 PDF files. Usually the bug is in one or the other, but this time they work together to make this bug.

I found a blog on threatpost that lists out a handy mitigation technique for those of you who wish to keep ahead of the bug. http://threatpost.com/blogs/adobe-flash-attacks-underway-harden-pdf-reader-immediately

I remember when PDF files were the secure way of sending documents around. :]

doh
cheers for that

No file format owned by adobe is a practical or sensible way of doing anything.

pdf's are often very practical and sensible, which makes you very wrong yet again

But it doesn't work, make it work.

what jim said

well nobody could believe that, so I won't bite

Ah, PDFs are essential for business. You email peeps invoices/quotes/POs in doc format do you? Free for them to change at their own will. Or wait, better, you fax them still? :-P

you know whats even more universal than .pdf? dot f***ing jpg.

p.s
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8435/pinkyisgay.jpg

Who cares if they change it, I know what I said in my email. The PDF doesn't stop a fraudster, just makes everyones life a little harder. I've never even seen a fax machine, what is this the 80s?
Being able to edit a contract is like negotiating via a wiki, it s***s you at first, but you get to avoid seeing the person.

last edited by thermite at 23:43:14 23/Jul/09

PDF journal articles + Foxit reader with the ability to add comments is the greatest thing for academics.

much <3 for foxit reader and journals.