{"id":1192,"date":"2009-10-14T09:29:34","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T08:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:28:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:28:26","slug":"adobe-issues-security-updates-for-adobe-reader-and-acrobat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/adobe-issues-security-updates-for-adobe-reader-and-acrobat\/","title":{"rendered":"Adobe Issues Security Updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We discussed a new Adobe Reader and Acrobat vulnerability here <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/another-adobe-reader-bug-could-allow-hackers-to-take-control-of-computers\/\">a few days ago<\/a>, one that Adobe promised would be fixed quickly. Well, true to their word, the Adobe security team <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/psirt\/2009\/10\/second_quarterly_security_upda.html\">has issued updates<\/a> to Adobe Reader and Acrobat. None too soon, as it turns out that at least one of the vulnerabilities was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2009\/10\/08\/adobe_reader_vuln_under_attack\/\">being actively targeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Adobe has published a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/support\/security\/bulletins\/apsb09-15.html\">security bulletin<\/a> about the update, and the nearly 30 vulnerabilities it fixes. Links on that page lead to downloads for the programs concerned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We discussed a new Adobe Reader and Acrobat vulnerability here a few days ago, one that Adobe promised would be fixed quickly. Well, true to their word, the Adobe security team has issued updates to Adobe Reader and Acrobat. 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