Adobe is warning users about a critical vulnerability in its Reader and Acrobat applications. There are reports that attackers already are using the Reader bug in targeted attacks. The vulnerability affects multiple versions of both Acrobat and Reader, but Reader X is somewhat protected against attacks thanks to the presence of the sandbox, or Protected Mode, in that version. The company said it will release a fix for Reader 9.x and. Acrobat 9.4.6 for Windows sometime next week, but that patches for Reader X and. Reader on Windows and. Macintosh will be patched as part of the next quarterly patch update on Jan. 10.
Source: https://threatpost.com/adobe-warns-critical-zero-day-flaw-reader-and-acrobat-120611/75965/