A public service announcement to all Flexers, There has been discovered a fairly serious vulnerability in Acrobat Reader that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary and malicious code on your PC. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by convincing a user to load a specially crafted Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file. Acrobat integrates with popular web browsers, and visiting a website is usually sufficient to cause Acrobat to load PDF content.
Although all of the PDF files found on the various FlexRadio Systems' sites are safe, since we do use PDF files rather exclusively, I felt it would be prudent to inform everyone of the potential problem and where to go to find the steps you need to take to prevent the possibility of an attack. If you do not have Adobe Reader 9 installed, upgrade to Adobe Reader version 9 before proceeding with the instructions fro securing your PC found below. Use the following URL (http://www.adobe.com/) and select the "Get Adobe Reader" button. If you do have Adobe Reader 9 installed, do all of the updates before proceeding with the instructions fro securing your PC found below. You can get the updates by selecting "Check for Updates" from the Help option in the program menu bar. Use the URL below to access the US-CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) Bulletin on this vulnerability. http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-051A.html Go to section III and follow the instructions for securing your PC. -Tim ----- FRS Internet Systems Administrator W4TME _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
