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Adobe released important security updates for Adobe Reader X (10.0.2) and earlier 10.x and 9.x versions for Windows and Macintosh OS. The bulletin is posted here.

"CVE-2011-0611, is being actively exploited in the wild against both Adobe Flash Player, and Adobe Reader and Acrobat, as well as via a Flash (.swf) file embedded in a Microsoft Word (.doc) or Microsoft Excel (.xls) file delivered as an email attachment targeting the Windows platform. Adobe Reader X Protected Mode mitigations would prevent an exploit of this kind from executing."[1]

Affected software:

Adobe Reader X (10.0.1) and earlier versions for Windows
Adobe Reader X (10.0.2) and earlier versions for Macintosh
Adobe Acrobat X (10.0.2) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh

NOTE: Adobe Reader 9.x for UNIX, Adobe Reader for Android, and Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x are not affected by CVE-2011-0611.

[1] http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-08.html

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Guy Bruneau IPSS Inc. gbruneau at isc dot sans dot edu