Security bulletin

Prenotification Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

Release date: June 9, 2011

Vulnerability identifier: APSB11-16

Platform: Windows and Macintosh

Summary

Adobe is planning to release updates for Adobe Reader X (10.0.1) for Windows and Adobe Reader X (10.0.3) for Macintosh; Adobe Reader 9.4.3 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh; Adobe Acrobat X (10.0.3) for Windows and Macintosh; and Adobe Acrobat 9.4.2 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh to resolve critical security issues. Adobe expects to make these updates available on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.

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 Security Bulletin upon release of the updates on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.)

Affected software versions

Adobe Reader X (10.0.1) and earlier versions for Windows
Adobe Reader X (10.0.3) and earlier versions for Macintosh
Adobe Reader 9.4.3 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh
Adobe Acrobat X (10.0.3) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh
Adobe Acrobat 9.4.3 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh

Severity rating

Adobe categorizes these as critical updates.