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This blog is no longer updated.
Since I own the domain name for a couple more years, and the hosting was paid-in-advance, it's still here. But I've moved on to Hawaii, and no longer have the need to publish all the sorts of neat stuff that made up the contents of this website.
If you've linked to me, you are invited to unlink, as your readers will no longer be presented with new content. Thanks, Steve
Security Flaw in Acrobat Reader.
Thursday, July 07, 2005 : Stephen D. Carroll, rokus.net
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Saw this on Yahoo!, PCConnect, and a couple other places... From Adobe, Acrobat Reader contains a security flaw that allows hackers access to your box.
Overview: A vulnerability within Adobe Reader has been identified. Under certain circumstances, remote exploitation of a buffer overflow in Adobe Reader could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Adobe has solutions available that can rectify these issues. Please refer to the "Recommendations" section for further information.
Effect: If exploited, it could allow the execution of arbitrary code under the privileges of the local user. Remote exploitation is possible if the malicious PDF document is sent as an email attachment or if the PDF document is accessed via a web link.
Details: The vulnerability is within the Adobe Reader control. Under special circumstances, if a malicious PDF file is opened using Adobe Reader, a stack buffer overflow could occur resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
Yeah. If you're running Reader 5.x on a *nix machine. Move along, folks, nothing to see here..
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