Security bulletin

Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

Release date: April 8, 2010

Vulnerability identifier: APSB10-09

Platform: All Platforms

Summary

Adobe is planning to release updates for Adobe Reader 9.3.1 for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX, Adobe Acrobat 9.3.1 for Windows and Macintosh, and Adobe Reader 8.2.1 and Acrobat 8.2.1 for Windows and Macintosh to resolve critical security issues. Adobe expects to make these quarterly updates available on April 13, 2010.

Users may monitor the latest information on the Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team blog at http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt or by subscribing to the RSS feed here: http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/atom.xml.

(Note: This Security Advisory will be replaced with the final Security Bulletin upon release of the updates on April 13, 2010.)

Affected software versions

Adobe Reader 9.3.1 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX
Adobe Acrobat 9.3.1 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh

Severity rating

Adobe categorizes these as critical updates.