Critical Vulnerability In Adobe Reader

An anonymous reader writes "Core Security Technologies issued an advisory disclosing a vulnerability that could affect millions using Adobe's Reader PDF file viewing software. Engineers from CoreLabs determined that Adobe Reader could be exploited to gain access to vulnerable systems via the use of a specially crafted PDF file with malicious JavaScript content. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that users open a maliciously crafted PDF file, thereby allowing attackers to gain access to vulnerable systems and assume the privileges of a user running Acrobat Reader."

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[HTH NE1]

To disable js, go to Edit, Preferences, JavaScript, and uncheck "Enable Acrobat JavaScript".

Under Edit : Preferences I just have General, Comments, Full Screen, and Weblink.

Help : About Acrobat Reader says it's Acrobat Reader 5.0, x86 linux 5.0.10 Nov 8 2004 13:14:17.