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The current adobe pdf plug-in is vulnerable to malicious attack that can compromise my system, how do I upgrade to another version?

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jamilmasa
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A vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe Reader/Acrobat, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within CoolType.dll when processing the "uniqueName" entry of SING tables in fonts and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into opening a malicious PDF file containing a specially crafted embedded font.

The vulnerability is reported in version 8.2.4 (confirmed) and prior and version 9.3.4 (confirmed) and prior.

NOTE: The vulnerability is currently being actively exploited.

A vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe Reader/Acrobat, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within CoolType.dll when processing the "uniqueName" entry of SING tables in fonts and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into opening a malicious PDF file containing a specially crafted embedded font. The vulnerability is reported in version 8.2.4 (confirmed) and prior and version 9.3.4 (confirmed) and prior. NOTE: The vulnerability is currently being actively exploited.

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Xircal
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Adobe is planning to release patches shortly. See Adobe advisory

jamilmasa
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that helps

Xircal
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There's more on the story @ H-online if you're interested.