Unofficial 'patch' for Adobe Reader, Acrobat zero-day
25 February 2009 | 01:03
In response to in-the-wild zero-day attacks targeting critical flaws in Adobe’s Reader/Acrobat products, a respected security researcher is offering up a home-brewed (unofficial) patch for Windows users.
The buyer-beware patch — which is simply a replacement for the vulnerable AcroRd32.dll — is the handiwork of Lurene ‘Pusscat’ Grenier, a reverse-engineering guru attached to Sourcefire. It’s only [...]