Blackberry Users Facing Critical Vulnerability
By Ian Scott
PDF files have become ubiquitous as a file format for exchanging information and documents. They can be viewed and read on just about any platform and are commonly sent to others as attachments to emails.
However, RIM has issued an alert advising their Blackberry users that opening a PDF file could corrupt their devices and allow for Blackberry Enterprise servers to be taken over. The problem appears not to be an issue with Adobe’s code, but rather RIM’s “Attachment Service” according to the bulletin posted by Research In Motion, available here. Instructions on how to apply a patch provided by RIM for Blackberry devices and Blackberry Enterprise servers is also available at the link.
Graham Cluely of Sophos PLC says,
“The problem is people don’t often sign up for these types of security advisories,” he says. “The race is on to get ahead of the hackers who may be looking to take advantage of this, now that it’s been made public.”
If you use a Blackberry, don’t open PDF files unless you know you’ve applied the security patch.
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