Adobe has issued a new patch for certain versions of its Reader and Acrobat applications. The company is recommending that users and administrators install the patches for systems running Acrobat and Reader 8. The update includes fixes for the 8.1.2 and earlier releases for Adobe Reader and Acrobat Standard, Professional and 3D.The patch addresses some 8 different security flaws, some of which could allow an attacker to remotely execute code on the targeted machine. The update addresses flaws for both the Mac and PC versions of Acrobat and Reader. Among the flaws fixed are input-validation errors, Java flaws and vulnerabilities in the Download Manager component.
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