Major Exploit in ADOBE PDF software. Can install and run any program!
"Adobe Issues Emergency Patches for Two Critical Flaws in Acrobat and Reader"
https://thehackernews.com/2019/01/adobe-reader-vulnerabilities.html
Recommended update ASAP.
https://get.adobe.com/reader/
To be safe you could also update LibreOffice for Linux based systems.
Website download:
https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/?type=deb-x86_64&version=6.1.4&lang=en-US
Choose:
rpm = fedora/redhat systems
deb = debian systems
I found using the terminal more effective for the install:
Open a terminal.
Enter these commands one at a time:
sudo apt-get purge libreoffice*
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libreoffice
If there are errors use these:
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get install libreoffice
Much thanks to TheMatrix101 for looking out for our security!
MikeMike
Great info to help minimize security exploits.
Thanks TheMatrix101 and MikeMike for sharing this info.
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I knew that PDF document supports several kind of content, including scripts. But I did not imagine that there was such vunerability.
Important safety tip.
Thanks.