Secuirty Flaw in Adobe Acrobat Reader

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A massive security hole has been discovered in all versions prior to 8

Writing about the flaw Symantec security researcher Hon Lau said: "The ease [with] which this weakness can be exploited is breathtaking."

Full details here : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6234181.stm
Apparently affects Firefox and IE versions

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As stated in the article: You can mitigate this problem by upgrading to Adobe Reader 8.

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If v8 fixes it, one would presume that Adobe were aware of it but hoped that nobody would discover it