Trend Micro Uncovers New Adobe Attack

The company has discovered a new malware variant targeting vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.2.

Trend Micro has uncovered another malware variant targeting vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader.

"The malware, being delivered in malicious PDF email attachments, targets a JavaScript vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.2 and earlier versions," writes SearchSecurity.com's Robert Westervelt. "It then drops a downloader onto the victim's machine, which attempts to use Internet Explorer to receive commands."

"Other security researchers have warned that the PDF attacks targeting the zero-day vulnerability appear to be using increasingly sophisticated code," Westervelt writes.

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