Adobe acknowledged that all versions of Reader and Acrobat contain at least one critical vulnerability.

It appears the software's execution of JavaScript is flawed, allowing attackers to run code on targeted systems or crash applications willy-nilly.

According to an advisory from Adobe, the critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.2 and earlier versions. It is being exploited in the wild.

Bangalore: To protect themselves from zero day attacks, users need to kill JavaScript in Adobe's Reader and Acrobat tools, according to security experts. Shadowserver, a volunteer-run group that ...

There, users can uncheck the “Enable Acrobat JavaScript” choice. Criminals have been sending out malicious PDF files since Friday that include this new attack code, but these attacks have not ...