Cyber Risks · Cisco Talos

Rule Release for Today, Thursday September 9th, 2010

Summary: Cisco Talos released rules on Thursday, September 9, 2010, for a programming error in Adobe Acrobat Reader and Adobe Acrobat that may allow a remote attacker to execute code on an affected system. The flaw occurs when parsing TrueType font data.

Bottom line: A remote attacker could execute code on any system running the affected Adobe Acrobat Reader or Acrobat, triggered through TrueType font parsing - a document format users open without a second thought.

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