05. January 2010 · Comments Off on Adobe PDF exploit detected by only four of 41 anti-virus vendors · Categories: Malware · Tags: ,

The Register is reporting on an "unusually sophisticated attack" on the well known Adobe PDF vulnerability that is caught by only four of 41 anti-virus vendors tested by Virus Total.

As Computerworld and others reported in mid-December, Adobe chose to release the patch to this vulnerability in its normal cycle on January 12, 2010 instead of rushing it out as soon as it was ready.