A security researcher has published a proof-of-concept exploit for a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The researcher, known only as "Cyanid-E", unveiled his creation in a posting to the Full Disclosure security mailing list on Tuesday.
The vulnerability has been confirmed on a fully patched Windows XP system running Adobe"s Acrobat Reader 8.1 and Internet Explorer 7. Details about the vulnerability were published in late September on the GNU Citizen blog.