Adobe's Acrobat and Acrobat Reader packages are currently under attack from a JavaScript-based exploit, similar to one which afflicted the software back in June.

According to an advisory from Adobe, the critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.2 and earlier versions. It is being exploited in the wild.

Adobe acknowledged that all versions of Reader and Acrobat contain at least one critical vulnerability.

Adobe acknowledged that both Adobe Reader and Acrobat Reader suffer from yet another security vulnerability, allowing hackers to launch a denial of service attack or execute malware on affected ...

Adobe, although they have admitted to the flaw, has not given a time line for fixing the affected applications with include Acrobat (Reader as well) 9.1, 8.1.4, 7.1.1 and earlier.

Adobe patched its free Reader and commercial Acrobat software this week to plug the latest in what one researcher called an u201cepidemicu201d of JavaScript vulnerabilities.

Adobe Systems has patched its free Reader and commercial Acrobat software to fix the latest in what one researcher called an "epidemic" of JavaScript vulnerabilities in the popular apps.