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Fix Available for Adobe Reader /Launch Patch Workaround A security researcher has found a method to block the workaround for Adobe's /Launch bug fix, disclosed last week. The bypass prevention involves modifying Adobe Reader's blocklist in the registry.The /Launch bug refers to a shortcoming in Adobe Reader's implementation of the PDF /Launch action. This f...	5 July 2010 05:31 GMT

Adobe Investigates /Launch Fix Workaround Adobe announced that it will investigate the /Launch bug fix circumvention method disclosed by a Vietnamese security researcher yesterday. Meanwhile, it points out that the feature's open file dialog has been completely modified to render arbitrary content insertion impossible. The critical security updates...	2 July 2010 01:31 GMT

Adobe Reader Fix for /Launch Bug is Broken Adobe's fix for the Reader /Launch action social engineering bug, that has already been exploited in malicious attacks, is inadequate. Security researchers from Bkis have released proof-of-concept code demonstrating that it can easily be circumvented.Two days ago Adobe released important security updates fo...	1 July 2010 04:48 GMT

Adobe Finally Fixes /Launch Bug Adobe has finally addressed a bug facilitating a social engineering attack that could trick users into executing malicious programs from inside PDF documents. The technique abused shortcomings in Adobe's implementation of the PDF specification's /Launch feature.At the beginning of April, a Belgian researche...	30 June 2010 04:17 GMT

PDF /Launch Trick Spotted in New Attack A new email-based social engineering attack employing the PDF /Launch technique to infect computers with malware has been spotted in the wild. The malicious messages trick users into opening rigged PDF files by claiming they contain the fresh POP3/SMTP connection settings.At the end of last month, Didier Stevens, an ...	28 April 2010 04:46 GMT

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