Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Homemade PDF Patch Beats Adobe By Two Weeks

Posted by kdawson on from the p-d-q dept.

CWmike writes "Sourcefire security researcher Lurene Grenier has published a home-brewed patch for the critical Adobe Reader vulnerability that hackers are exploiting in the wild using malicious PDF files, beating Adobe Systems Inc. to the punch by more than two weeks. Grenier posted the patch on Sunday with the caveats that it applies only to the Windows version of Adobe Reader 9.0 and comes with no guarantees. Also, PhishLabs has created a batch file that resets a Windows registry key to de-fang the hack by disabling JavaScript in Adobe Reader 9.0, giving administrators a way to automate the process."

2 of 238 comments (clear)

  1. Patch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah, but it's not for Linux :(

  2. Hot Coffee by bluefoxlucid · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We should add a small "hooks" patch into some cool PC game and then use those hooks to add a complete Hot Coffee mod like in GTA, except with all brand new content. Maybe a Sims 2 mod that shows them bangin' doggy style to make babies.

    --
    Support my political activism on Patreon.