Adobe fixed Acrobat bug, neglected to mention whole zero-day exploit thing

Adobe's patch for a remote code execution (RCE) bug in Acrobat this week doesn't mention that the vulnerability is considered a zero-day nor that a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit exists, a researcher warns. As part of Adobe's Patch Tuesday, the creative software slinger fixed CVE-2024-41869 – a vulnerability originally …

[Hubert Cumberdale]

Acrobat and it's massively overbloated ad machine can f#ck right off my boxes anyway. There are far less clunky and lighter-weight options out there that don't try to sell you things or keep popping up with "helpful" tips all the time. Most people don't even need a separate PDF viewer at all, now that most browsers can do it.

[localgeek]

Just recently I discovered the open source SumatraPDF. Light, free and fast. I prefer it over using a browser for viewing as it has a TOC frame for quick navigation (no scrolling up and down to get back to the index).

[Robert Helpmann??]

Right there with you. I have to sign PDF forms on a regular basis and the 2FA method I use doesn't work well with a browser, but I sure don't like Adobe's products. FWIW, I use Foxit.

Acrobat and it's massively overbloated ad machine can f#ck right off my boxes anyway. There are far less clunky and lighter-weight options out there that don't try to sell you things or keep popping up with "helpful" tips all the time. Most people don't even need a separate PDF viewer at all, now that most browsers can do it.

[thexfile]

There is no reason to attach your data to Adobe.