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Adobe hit by a major security vulnerability
February 22nd, 2010 No Comments Posted in Do QA Right!, Useful if needed
Hot on the heels of controversy over known vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader 9.3.0, according to reports the Adobe Download Manager is flawed with a bug that allegedly allows hackers to remotely install malicious files on user’s PCs.
It has been suggested that the Download Manager is an ActiveX script that is widely used to install a variety of software and patches across Adobe’s network.
An Israeli security researcher Aviv Raff has identified the flaw which allows a third party application to be installed on the remote machine if users More »
