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Description
A vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Reader/Acrobat, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the implementation of an unspecified JavaScript method and can be exploited to cause a crash or potentially execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted PDF file.

NOTE: The vulnerability is reportedly being exploited in the wild.

The vulnerability is reported in the following products and versions:
* Adobe Reader versions 8.0 through 8.1.2
* Adobe Reader versions 7.0.9 and earlier
* Adobe Acrobat Professional, 3D and Standard versions 8.0 through 8.1.2
* Adobe Acrobat Professional, 3D and Standard versions 7.0.9 and earlier

Solution
Adobe Reader 8 for Windows:
Further details available in Customer Area

Provided and/or discovered by
The vendor credits the Information Security Team of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.

Changelog
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Original Advisory
Adobe APSB08-15:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-15.html

Other references
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Deep Links
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