Adobe Releases Out-of-Band Security Updates to Correct Flaws in Adobe Reader, Acrobat and Flash

Adobe has just released out-of-band security updates to correct critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader, Acrobat and Flash running on all operating systems. Attackers most commonly exploit these vulnerabilities by luring users to visit a website containing malicious Adobe Flash or Reader content, which could ultimately enable an attacker to gain full control of the user’s machine.

Users of these Adobe applications should download the security updates as soon as possible. More information on these updates and installation instructions can be found in Adobe security bulletins “APSB11-05: March 2011 Flash Player Update” and “APSB11-06 : March 2011 Reader and Acrobat Update”.

To read more about security threats to Adobe applications, please refer to our previous blog post entitled “An Unpatched Adobe Application does for an Unsafe Network Make”.

3D Corporation can evaluate your network and provide assistance in ensuring patches for these applications are up-to-date. For more information on the services 3D provides to keep business networks secure, please call our office at (360) 671-4906, email us at info@3dcorp.us, or visit our website at http://www.3dcorp.us/.

References: “Adobe Patches Zero Day in Flash Player, Reader, and Acrobat”, watchguardsecuritycenter.com; “APSB11-05: March 2011 Flash Player Update” and “APSB11-06 : March 2011 Reader and Acrobat Update”, adobe.com