Carnegie Mellon University
February 26, 2009

Security Alert: Adobe Reader & Acrobat Unpatched Vulnerability - Attacks Underway

Windows, Mac, and Linux users running Adobe Reader or Acrobat are vulnerable to exploits. An unauthorized attacker may take complete control of an affected system by convincing the user to open a maliciously crafted Portable Document Format (PDF) file.

For What You Need to Do, until a patch is released and applied , see Security Alert: Adobe Reader & Acrobat Unpatched Vulnerability – Attacks Underway.