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Tuttle
May 21st, 2008, 02:30 AM
Just a reminder that using not-the-most-popular apps doesn't avoid security issues:http://secunia.com/advisories/29941/:

This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted PDF file.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.3 build 2825. Other versions may also be affected.

SpywareDr
May 21st, 2008, 05:14 AM
Thanks for the heads-up Tuttle. :)