Adobe has released an update to its Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat products. These new releases are part of an accelerated quarterly update process. According to their Security Bulletin (APSB10-15), this release addresses 17 documented vulnerabilities.
One of the major vulnerabilities addressed in this release is the Launch file dialog warning (CVE-2010-1240). This vulnerability was discovered by security researcher, Didier Stevens and we observed this vulnerability being exploited in the wild in two separate campaigns.
Allowing your software to remain unpatched is a major issue. Therefore, we strongly encourage users to update to the latest version of Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
