Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat APSA13-02

Description

The vulnerabilities in the following products could cause the system to become vulnerable to malicious security attack: Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat.

Analysis

Adobe has identified critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2013-0640, CVE-2013-0641) in Adobe Reader and Acrobat XI (11.0.01 and earlier) for Windows and Macintosh, X (10.1.5 and earlier) for Windows and Macintosh, 9.5.3 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows and Macintosh, and Adobe Reader 9.5.3 and earlier 9.x versions for Linux. These vulnerabilities could cause the application to crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

Affected Applications

Adobe Reader
Adobe Acrobat

CVE References

CVE-2013-0640 CVE-2013-0641

Other References

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-02.html