
Software maker Adobe Systems acknowledged that an information disclosure vulnerability in two of its products could be exploited by malicious hackers to hijack sensitive system information. The flaws were flagged–and fixed–in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat, two programs widely used to view and print PDF files. Affected versions include Adobe Reader 7.0 and 7.0.1, and Adobe Acrobat 7.0 and 7.0.1 on Windows and Macintosh platforms.