Security experts today urged Adobe Reader and Acrobat users to disable the JavaScript option until a patch is issued for a just-disclosed vulnerability.

Users should disable JavaScript in Adobe's Reader and Acrobat tools to protect themselves until a patch for a just-disclosed vulnerability is available, security experts said today.

How Adobe is handling critical vulnerability discovered in its Reader software gets mixed reaction from IT security experts.

Adobe’s security response team is scrambling to investigate new public reports of a new zero-day vulnerability affecting uses of its widely deployed PDF Reader software. In a brief note posted ...

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 ...

Disabling JavaScript is seen by security experts as a mitigating control for the vulnerability. The issue came about after a researcher from Securityfocus said that the bug is another in a long line ...

How Adobe is handling critical vulnerability discovered in its Reader software gets mixed reaction from IT security experts.

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.

This week, however, Adobe reacted faster to reports that its software was vulnerable. In February, Adobe acknowledged the bug on Feb. 19, but waited until Feb. 24 to recommend disabling JavaScript.