Adobe’s Reader X, slated for release in the next 30 days, will feature Protected Mode, a “sandbox” technology. Adobe’s chief security executive said the bull’s-eye will be on the back of Reader X when the new version ships next month. A separate “broker” decides which functions Reader can conduct outside the sandbox, such as writing to disk or launching an attachment or file from within the software. The broker is 13,000 lines of code, “brand new modern code that’s been exhaustively tested and gone through Secure Product Lifecycle””]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2126049/hacker–spotlight–will-shine-on-reader-x-sandbox.html