Critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat (UPDATED: 2010-08-19)
A critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Reader and Acrobat version 9.3.3 and earlier versions.
Critical is Adobe's highest vulnerability rating and could when exploited allow malicious native-code to execute, potentially without a user being aware.
This vulnerability was announced during the Black Hat conference in USA late July this year.
As of this writing no updates are available.
Adobe has announced an out-of-band security update during week 33.
More information is available in Adobe's security advisory 10-17.
This security advisory will be updated when more information is available.
Update 18 August 2010
Adobe has announced that the security updates are expected to be available Thursday 19 August.
Update 19 August 2010
Adobe has released its announced out-of-band security updates for Adobe Acrobat and Reader.
Norman recommends that affected users upgrade their programs to the latest version.
