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Adobe Releases Patch for Critical Acrobat Vulnerability

Posted on May 13th, 2009

GSA Reference Number: AD090513-01

Simply Put: Adobe has released a patch for the critical vulnerability affecting its Acrobat products.  This vulnerability was previously discussed in Gladiator Advisory AD090430-01 on April 30th, stating that all versions of Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat, on all operating systems, are affected by a Critical JavaScript Vulnerability.

May Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Posted on May 12th, 2009

Microsoft has announced one new patch for its monthly release cycle.  Although it doesn’t sound like a lot, this patch fixes a critical vulnerability in PowerPoint that is already being exploited by malicious entities.  The patch is rated critical, and affects Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 through 2007.   This exploit allows remote code execution on vulnerable systems.  Gladiator recommends that users  immediately patch all systems with Microsoft Office installed.