Search: “acrobat reader”

16 stories

DomainAll Cyber AIWindow24h 3d 7d 30d AllIn the wild Important only Show duplicates

CategoryAll Vulnerability 285 Exploit / PoC 42 Malware 27 Ransomware 19 Advisory 13 Industry 7 Data breach 7 Phishing & fraud 5 Policy & legal 1 Threat actor 1

SeverityAll critical 270 high 61 medium 62 low 13 info 1

Smart search ranks by meaning as well as keywords (one row per story, last 45 days).

ZDI-26-672: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC PDF File Parsing Integer Underflow Information Disclosure Vulnerability

ZDI disclosed CVE-2026-81977, an integer underflow in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC PDF parsing that enables sensitive information disclosure.

Zero Day Initiative advisory ZDI-26-672 reports an integer underflow in PDF file parsing in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. A remote attacker could disclose sensitive information, but exploitation requires the victim to open a malicious file or visit a malicious page. The flaw carries a low CVSS score of 3.3. No exploitation is reported.

ZDI Published AdvisoriesSep 10, 05:00 UTC · 6d agoVulnerability 19 sources CVE-2026-81977

Phishing Attacks Serve Browser-in-the-Browser Pages, Rogue RMM Persistence

Phishing emails with browser-in-the-browser fake Adobe pages trick users into installing rogue ScreenConnect clients granting persistent remote access.

Huntress SOC investigated two August incidents where phishing links led to fake CAPTCHA checks and Adobe PDF Reader lures rendered as browser-in-the-browser (BiTB) pages spoofing legitimate domains like get.adobe.com. Victims downloaded what they believed was Acrobat Reader but actually installed ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.exe from attacker infrastructure, yielding two rogue ScreenConnect clients with service-based persistence. The attacker used cmd.exe and curl to stage a second client connecting to 144.172.115.59, leveraged a ScreenConnect Trial Relay domain for stealth, and ran HideCursor.exe as a defense-evasion binary. Incident 2 arrived via AT&T Office@Hand (RingCentral), with both chains stopped before broader impact.

HuntressSep 9, 13:00 UTC · 7d agoPhishing & fraud in the wild

ThreatsDay: GhostJacking AI Attacks, EtherHiding ClickFix, Cursor CLI Flaw + 17 More Stories

A weekly bulletin aggregating short security updates, including the City-Forum data-theft campaign, a ShipMonk breach, a Cursor CLI flaw, and GhostJacking AI attacks.

The Hacker News ThreatsDay Bulletin bundles roughly 20 short updates across cloud services, AI tools, malware, breaches, and scams. Highlights include the City-Forum campaign pulling data from unauthenticated guest access in Salesforce Experience Cloud and ServiceNow Service Portals since March 2025, and a ShipMonk breach exposing Trezor customer order data for orders in seven countries between May 10 and August 8, 2026. Other items cover a patched Cursor CLI flaw that let cloned repositories run commands before the workspace-trust prompt, Okta's analysis of the Work Panel vishing console used by actors like UNC6671, and GhostJacking AI agent hijacking via a patched Claude Desktop sandbox escape. Meta also launched an on-device WhatsApp Scam Alert machine learning model that keeps message content on the device.

The Hacker NewsAug 18, 16:30 UTC · 29d agoIndustry

August 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: How do we deal with the patch apocalypse?

August 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast urges risk-based triage as AI inflates CVE volume, flags actively exploited SharePoint RCE CVE-2026-50522 and LegacyHive Windows flaw.

July 2026 Patch Tuesday set records with over 600 CVEs, including 405 for Windows 11 and Server 2025, though only two were exploited zero-days and one was publicly disclosed. The author recommends prioritizing known-exploited and internet-facing vulnerabilities, matching patches to high-risk systems, and accelerating ring-based deployment toward Microsoft's suggested three-day turnaround. Notable items include actively exploited SharePoint RCE CVE-2026-50522 enabling machine key theft, the unassigned LegacyHive Windows User Profile Service flaw, and several end-of-servicing dates for Windows and Exchange.

Help Net SecurityAug 25, 06:52 UTC · 22d agoIndustry in the wildCVE-2026-505221

Adobe Patches Over 170 Vulnerabilities, Including Commerce Zero-Day

Adobe patched over 170 flaws, including in-the-wild zero-day CVE-2026-75650 (CVSS 10) in Adobe Commerce/Magento enabling unauthenticated RCE and web shell deployments.

Adobe released fixes for more than 170 vulnerabilities across Experience Manager, Acrobat Reader, Photoshop and other products. The Commerce zero-day CVE-2026-75650 (CVSS 10) allows unauthenticated code injection leading to remote code execution and has been exploited since September 4. Sansec reported multiple threat actors deploying backdoors and web shells via the bug, dubbed StyleSmuggler, which triggers injected code through Magento's Payment Transaction Failed Reminder email. Adobe also patched critical Campaign Classic command injection CVE-2026-82004 and two critical ColdFusion RCE flaws (CVE-2026-48273, CVE-2026-75746).

SecurityWeekSep 8, 18:37 UTC · 8d agoExploit / PoC in the wildCVE-2026-75650 CVE-2026-82004 CVE-2026-48273+1 CVEs1

KREMLIN Banking Malware Infects Over 1,500 Systems With Malicious Chrome Extension

Elastic tracks KREMLIN banking malware that used fake Brazilian bank JavaScript lures to deploy malicious Chrome and Edge extensions on 1,515 systems.

Elastic researchers tracked the KREMLIN banking malware operation across seven campaigns over 15 months, infecting 1,515 systems, 98.75% of them in Brazil. Portuguese-language lures posing as bank records and invoices deploy a hostile 'AVSync' extension into Chrome and Edge profiles that harvests passwords, session cookies, keystrokes and screenshots. Loaders check for sandboxes, create scheduled tasks and fetch fresh infrastructure from an Ethereum smart contract; a network canary takeover temporarily disrupted infections.

Cyber Security Newsupdated 18:50 UTC · 46m agofirst 08:12 UTC · 11h agoMalware in the wild 2 sources

ZDI-26-598: Foxit PDF Reader AcroForm Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Foxit PDF Reader AcroForm use-after-free (CVE-2026-57242, CVSS 7.8) permits remote code execution through malicious PDF files or pages.

ZDI-26-598 details a use-after-free in the AcroForm component of Foxit PDF Reader, tracked as CVE-2026-57242 and rated CVSS 7.8. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code if the target opens a malicious file or visits a malicious page. The advisory was published by the Zero Day Initiative on August 24, 2026.

ZDI Published AdvisoriesAug 24, 05:00 UTC · 23d agoAdvisory CVE-2026-57242

ZDI-26-597: Foxit PDF Reader AcroForm Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Foxit PDF Reader has a use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2026-57252, CVSS 7.8) allowing remote code execution via malicious AcroForm content.

ZDI-26-597 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in the AcroForm feature of Foxit PDF Reader, tracked as CVE-2026-57252 with a CVSS score of 7.8. Successful exploitation allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, but requires user interaction such as visiting a malicious page or opening a malicious file. The advisory does not mention any exploitation in the wild.

ZDI Published AdvisoriesAug 24, 05:00 UTC · 23d agoVulnerability CVE-2026-57252

Linux Zoom Client Proactively Reads X11 Clipboard

Simon Tatham reports that Zoom's Linux client proactively reads the X11 clipboard, potentially exposing copied passwords and other sensitive data.

A Mastodon post by Simon Tatham, shared via Lobsters, reports that the Linux Zoom client proactively reads the X11 system clipboard rather than accessing it only on explicit paste. Because X11 allows any running application to query clipboard contents, secrets such as copied passwords or tokens may be captured by the app. The observation highlights the broader privacy gap between X11's unrestricted clipboard access and more restricted display servers like Wayland.

Lobsters · securitySep 12, 12:38 UTC · 4d agoResearch1

Novel-reading apps used users' phones to generate fake ad traffic

Help Net SecurityAug 6, 00:00 UTC · Aug 6, 2026Threat actor1

ZDI-26-596: Foxit PDF Reader PDF File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Foxit PDF Reader out-of-bounds read in PDF parsing (CVE-2026-57253, CVSS 3.3) can leak sensitive information via malicious files.

ZDI-26-596 covers an out-of-bounds read in Foxit PDF Reader's PDF file parsing, tracked as CVE-2026-57253 and rated CVSS 3.3. Successful exploitation allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information and requires the target to open a malicious file or page. The advisory was published by the Zero Day Initiative on August 24, 2026.

ZDI Published AdvisoriesAug 24, 05:00 UTC · 23d agoAdvisory CVE-2026-57253

More Americans oppose police license plate cameras than support them: survey

A survey finds more Americans oppose police license plate cameras than support them amid reported police abuses of surveillance cameras.

A new survey shows opposition to police license plate reader cameras now exceeds support among Americans. The backlash comes amid a wave of reported police abuses involving surveillance cameras. The findings add to public debate over police surveillance technology.

TechCrunch · SecurityAug 28, 15:57 UTC · 19d agoPolicy & legal

ZDI-26-602: Foxit PDF Reader Doc Object Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI disclosed a use-after-free in Foxit PDF Reader (CVE-2026-13128) enabling remote code execution when a user opens a malicious file.

Zero Day Initiative advisory ZDI-26-602 describes a use-after-free flaw in Foxit PDF Reader's document object handling. Exploitation yields arbitrary code execution but requires the target to open a malicious page or file. ZDI assigned CVSS 7.8 and CVE-2026-13128. The advisory does not report active exploitation.

ZDI Published AdvisoriesAug 24, 05:00 UTC · 23d agoVulnerability CVE-2026-13128

ZDI-26-600: Foxit PDF Reader Annotation Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Foxit PDF Reader annotation use-after-free (CVE-2026-57237, CVSS 3.3) can disclose sensitive information when users open malicious PDFs.

ZDI-26-600 documents a use-after-free in Foxit PDF Reader annotation handling that allows remote information disclosure, tracked as CVE-2026-57237 with CVSS 3.3. Exploitation requires user interaction such as opening a malicious file or visiting a malicious page. The advisory was published by the Zero Day Initiative on August 24, 2026.

ZDI Published AdvisoriesAug 24, 05:00 UTC · 23d agoAdvisory CVE-2026-57237

Aurora Ransomware Operators Use Cursor AI in Attacks Against 10 Targets

Aurora ransomware operators used Cursor AI running Claude Sonnet to plan and execute intrusions against dozens of organizations in nine countries.

CloudSEK and Gambit Security analyzed exposed infrastructure tied to the Russian-speaking Aurora (Aur0ra) group, revealing months of activity against more than 20 organizations across nine countries between April and July 2026, with 33 victims listed by Ransomware.Live. The operator used the Cursor agentic coding assistant to plan attacks in Russian, including an AD CS exploitation plan, and Gambit observed Cursor Agent (running Anthropic's Claude Sonnet) performing hands-on exploitation tasks such as Nmap scanning, NetExec enumeration, NTLM relay, and certificate attacks against 10 targets. Attacks begin with email bombing plus IT help desk vishing via Xray-core, followed by SMB/LDAP/WinRM/RDP lateral movement, log clearing, Defender disabling, and exfiltration; the Windows and Linux/ESXi encryptors are built from a single Zig codebase, with shadow copy deletion and VM-killing before encryption.

The Hacker NewsAug 31, 11:47 UTC · 16d agoRansomware in the wild1

Inaudible sounds used to fingerprint browsers catch AliExpress red-handed

AliExpress was caught using inaudible audio signals to fingerprint visitors' browsers, an outdated but still-active cross-session tracking technique.

Ars Technica reports that AliExpress fingerprinted site visitors by sending inaudible sounds to their browsers, exposing a legacy audio-based fingerprinting technique in commercial use. The method allows persistent tracking despite the technique being widely considered outdated. The finding highlights that legacy tracking methods remain deployed on major e-commerce properties, raising privacy concerns for defenders and privacy teams.

Ars Technica · SecurityAug 24, 19:19 UTC · 23d agoResearch