There has been found a critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat products. The vulnerability (CVE-2010-2883) is related to font handling and it could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild.
Affected are:
-Adobe Reader 9.3.4 and earlier versions
-Adobe Acrobat 9.3.4 and earlier versions
There is no patch available yet. To avoid exploitation users of the affected versions are advised to keep their antivirus protection definitions updated and open PDF files from reliable sources only.
More information in Adobe's security advisory.
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