April 11th, 2012New Security Ratings:
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We have updated our security ratings. We feel that this is the best way to clearly communicate real-world risk associated with the vulnerabilities addressed in any given security update. We hope that this proves beneficial to your patching prioritization processes.
Adobe EchoSign Integration:
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With this release, we further our integration with Adobe EchoSign, by adding new electronic signature types, including typewritten and hand-drawn. With Adobe EchoSign, customers can gain real-time visibility into the signature process and status of contracts, giving greater assurance and control over the management of all signed documents.
Apple Safari and Adobe Reader/Acrobat:
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Today’s update resolves the incompatibility with Safari in 64-bit mode. If you still require a 32-bit solution, this update also provides a Mozilla Firefox browser plug-in for those configurations.
· Flash Technology and 9.5.1:
· Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.5.1 no longer bundle a Flash Player with the application that plays Flash in PDF files. Flash technology content in PDF is now rendered via a separate Flash Player. Should you encounter a PDF that requires the external player, you will be prompted to download and install.
Further Alignment of the Adobe Reader/Acrobat Update Cycle with Microsoft’s Model:
· Our update model will more closely resemble the familiar “Microsoft Patch Tuesday” model. This means, we will provide guidance on the release date for the next update as part of the prenotification advisory just prior to a given Patch Tuesday.
January 11th, 2012Improvements:
Application Security:
· This release provides mitigations for vulnerabilities described in the security bulletin at http://www.adobe.com/go/apsb12_01. Products with Protected Mode or Protected view enabled are not subject to these vulnerabilities.
· Export from PDF
· When a user chooses to convert a PDF to Word or Excel, a dialog offers the user the option to subscribe to the conversion service.
· The Export from PDF service now automatically recognizes text even if the original document was a scanned image.
· Printing
· The print dialog has been improved. The new layout makes it easier to change the page orientation, print on both sides of the paper, print multiple pages on a single sheet, print over multiple sheets, and other tasks.
Security Settings:
· Wild cards and privileged locations:Wild card handling for trusted hosts now conforms to the Cross Domain Specification.
· The error dialog for invalid trusted host names that use wildcards is improved.
· A new preference (cTrustedSitesPrivate) allows IT to permit less restrictive wildcard usage when
· specifying trusted hosts.
· bDisableTrustedFolders|Sites now removes Options button from YMB when disabled and locked.
· bDisableJavaScript in HKLM allows locking the JS engine off. An admin’s privileged location list in HKLM can bypass this restriction.
· The Win OS Security Zone setting in the Privileged locations panel now includes Local Intranet zones in addition to the current Trusted Sites zone. The product should assign trust as Internet Explorer does.
· LC Workspace XFA in Flex forms will now honor Win OS trust zone override.
Multimedia security and trust: Multimedia trust is now integrated into the Trust Manager framework and the following changes have been made:
The following UI items are removed from Preferences > Multimedia Trust (Legacy):
· Clear your list of trusted documents
· Display permissions for ( ) Trusted documents ( ) Other documents
· Legacy Multimedia trust (trust for media types that use a player other than the product’s) is now stored
· in the registry at cTrustManager\cMultiMedia rather than TMDocs.sav.
· Protected Mode and Protected View
The following improvements and bug fixes have been made for the sandboxing feature on Windows:
· User credentials for Acrobat.com are cleared from the registry on sign out for users that have installed McAfee 8.8.
· Reader in protected mode is now compatible with Entrust software and Symantec PGP whole disk encryption.
· Blacklisted file extensions are respected when present in links.
· With Acrobat’s protected view enabled for All Files and Files from potentially unsafe locations, files in
· privileged locations now open outside of protected view.
· Acrobat performance is improved for form distribution workflows when a PDF is already open in PV.
· Acrobat: Acrobat now shows the 'Add reviewers' dialog when selected in Tracker for Email based reviews= and the ‘Change deadline’ feature works for the send as attachment case.
· Revocation checking that uses MSCAPI (native Microsoft or third-party Tumbleweed) now functions correctly.
· Reader performance is improved during save operations from a browser. Signatures
· Adobe’s EchoSign service continues to be further integrated into Acrobat and Reader.
· The presence and behavior of the Sign Pane can be configured by admins via registry-level preferences.
· The performance and stability of signing operations is also improved.
Bug fixes:
· On printing a PDF file to a PCL printer via Acrobat or Reader, the italic output in the printout is not correct.
· Mouseover events in interactive PDF form fields do not work properly (Applicable only to Acrobat/Reader
· 10.1.1).
· 3D PDFs may crash when viewed in VMWare.
· Policy protected file keeps incrementing *.DAT file in ...\Acrobat\10.0\Security and results in Reader X crashing when closing the file.
· When converting a webpage having a scrollable inline frame only the visible content is converted and content seen on scrolling down is dropped.
· Plug-in takes long time to load in the browser when rendering dynamic form on Windows XP.
· Form submission performance is slow with ZCI on Reader 10.1.
· Product view generated in Catia hides some elements when converted to prw/pdf.
· Repeatedly opening and closing PDFs in one browser session may cause a freeze or crash.
· Custom-encoded font glyphs truncated in Acrobat 10 on Windows.
· Form goes into unresponsive state when signing form.
January 11th, 2012Improvements:
Application Security:
· This release provides mitigations for vulnerabilities described in the security bulletin at http://www.adobe.com/go/apsb12_01.
· Security Settings
· For more details about these and other security features, see the Application Security Guide.
Wild cards and privileged locations:
· Wild card handling for trusted hosts now conforms to the Cross Domain Specification.
· The error dialog for invalid trusted host names that use wildcards is improved.
· A new preference allows IT to permit less restrictive wildcard usage when specifying trusted hosts.
· bDisableTrustedFolders|Sites now removes Options button from YMB when disabled and locked
· bDisableJavaScript in HKLM allows locking the JS engine off. An admins privileged locations in HKLM can
· bypass this restriction.
· The Win OS Security Zone setting in the Privileged locations panel now includes Local Intranet zones in addition to the current Trusted Sites zone. The product should assign trust as Internet Explorer does.
· LC Workspace XFA in Flex forms will now honor Win OS trust zone override.
Multimedia security and trust: Multimedia trust is now integrated into the Trust Manager framework and the following changes have been made:
The following UI items are removed from Preferences > Multimedia Trust (Legacy):
· Clear your list of trusted documents
· Display permissions for ( ) Trusted documents ( ) Other documents.
· Legacy Multimedia trust (trust for media types that use a player other than the product’s) is now stored
· in the registry at cTrustManager\cMultiMedia rather than TMDocs.sav.
· Protected Mode
The following improvements and bug fixes have been made for the sandboxing feature on Windows:
· User credentials for Acrobat.com are cleared from the registry on sign out for users that have installed McAfee 8.8.
· Reader in protected mode is now compatible with Entrust software and Symantec PGP whole disk encryption.
· Blacklisted file extensions are respected when present in links.
· Revocation checking that uses MSCAPI (native Microsoft or third-party Tumbleweed) now functions
· correctly.
· Reader performance is improved during save operations from a browser.
· Signatures
· Adobe’s Echosign service continues to be further integrated into Acrobat and Reader.
· The presence and behavior of the Sign Pane can be configured by admins via registry-level preferences.
· The performance and stability of signing operations is also improved.
Bug fixes:
· Text overlaps in a table cell at a page break.
· Browser crashes when moving on to another page.
· Reader and Acrobat 9.4.5 do not honor the Enhanced Security Setting "Automatically trust sites from my Win OS security zones" in IE 7.
· Line height is not set for the first line in a multiline text field.
· MS Ink signature in Word doc is missing from PDF after conversion.
· Reader error on start when using Windows magnifier - "Failed to load an application resource internal error".
· Database connection record is specific for a form in later Reader versions.
· Trusting file/folder/host can bypass blacklisted file attachment list.
· Invalid option in Files of type list while Creating PDF from File.
· Acrobat loses italic output when printed to PCL printers.
September 14th, 2011· This a regular quarterly update with security enhancements, improvements to stability, and bug fixes.
September 14th, 2011· This a regular quarterly update with security enhancements, improvements to stability, and bug fixes.
September 14th, 2011· This a regular quarterly update with security enhancements, improvements to stability, and bug fixes.
June 15th, 2011· This is a major update that provides security fixes, feature updates, and major enhancements such as Protected View for Acrobat.
June 15th, 2011· Provides security and bug fixes as well as enhancements to features like collaboration, browser integration and support, signature and forms workflows, etc.
June 6th, 2011· This patch fixes a vulnerability and provides an updated Flash player.
April 21st, 2011· Fixes a vulnerability and provides an updated Flash player.
March 21st, 2011· This patch fixes a vulnerability and provides an updated Flash player.
March 21st, 2011· This patch fixes a vulnerability, provides an updated Flash player, and fixes some bugs which improve printing and other features.
March 15th, 2011Improvements:
Navigators and Portfolios:
· 9.4.2: A new runtime and other enhancements improve performance and stability.
Bug fixes:
· 2640732: Embedded Reader crashes IE7 web browser when closing web application window via a button.
· 2794802: Internet Explorer crashes when user tries to login to Acrobat.com
· 2774881: A Review workflow continuously asks for resources from Acrobat.com in spite of Acrobat.com responding with a 304.
February 9th, 2011· Numerous security fixes as well as improvements to Protected Mode, QTP support, Flash, and support for SCCM via newly released SCUP catalogs.
November 19th, 2010New Features:
· View and interact with PDF files that contain an even wider variety of content types, including drawings, email messages, spreadsheets, videos, and other multimedia elements.
· Make notes and share your feedback with others by marking up PDF documents using the Sticky Notes and Highlighter tools.
· Choose reading mode to fit more content on the screen or two-up mode to view page spreads. Use keyboard shortcuts like print, zoom, and find within the browser.
· Take advantage of the added security of Protected Mode in Reader, which helps ensure safer viewing of PDF files.
· Directly access online services at Acrobat.com from within Reader X. Perform common tasks such as creating PDF files, securely sharing and storing documents, and screen-sharing.
· Expanded PDF access via mobile devices with free Adobe Reader for Android, Windows Phone 7 and Blackberry Tablet OS
November 16th, 2010· Security patch containing several fixes.
October 6th, 2010· Enhancements to PDF Creation, roaming profile workflows, and a Flash player update as well as numerous bug fixes.
· Several security fixes are included.
April 13th, 2010· A quarterly update which includes functional improvements as requested by customers and security updates encountered during the previous quarterly period. 9.3.2 address a number of customer workflow issues, security vulnerabilities, and more stability.
February 16th, 2010· A security update that addresses critical security vulnerabilities.
July 31st, 2009· Addresses critical security vulnerabilities while providing more stability.
June 10th, 2009· Addresses a number of customer workflow issues and critical security vulnerabilities.
May 12th, 2009· Addresses a critical security vulnerability.
March 10th, 2009· Addresses a number of customer workflow issues and a critical security vulnerability while providing more stability.
July 3rd, 2008· Improved launch speeds - Looking for faster launch speeds? Adobe has enhanced general performance and, in particular, has reduced launch times with Adobe Reader 9. Try it: You'll notice the difference.
· PDF Portfolios - Packages, introduced in Adobe Reader 8, have been greatly enhanced and renamed. Portfolios provide easy navigation when you work with multiple PDF documents and other document types. They also enable you to work with a collection of materials such as drawings, e-mail messages, spreadsheets, and videos as a single file, which makes distribution, storage, retrieval, and collaboration easy for end users.
· Native Adobe Flash support - Adobe Reader 9 can natively display rich media content, which you'll notice immediately with Portfolios. Interested in viewing SWF and FLV files? Adobe Reader 9 is the answer.
· Acrobat.com (beta) - Included with Adobe Reader 9 is Acrobat.com (beta), an exciting new set of online services from Adobe. With Acrobat.com, you can create PDF files online; create and coauthor documents with others; host live web meetings; upload and share PDF files and other types of documents and control who has access to them; and even embed a rich, interactive preview of your document in a web page. All of these services and more are provided online, so you can access them from anywhere. And you'll find easy access points from within Reader 9. As an added convenience, Acrobat.com leverages Adobe AIR, so you can interact with Acrobat.com from your desktop. Acrobat.com on Adobe AIR is a small application that is included with your download of Adobe Reader 9. Available in select languages. Learn more
· Improved CAD and geospatial functionality - CAD and geospatial functionality have been greatly enhanced in Adobe Reader 9. For instance, CAD designs or geospatial maps that have been converted to PDF offer Adobe Reader users access to CAD features, such as dimensions, or map features, such as longitude and latitude, for powerful collaboration and interaction.
· PDF Standards Pane - When a PDF/A or PDF/X standard compliant file is opened, a Standards Pane appears and provides important file details.
· Security enhancements - Adobe Reader 9 provides new digital signature functionality for an improved user experience. The new version also adds support for 256-bit AES encryption.
· Accessibility enhancements - Adobe Reader 9 significantly improves the viewing of XFA forms for accessibility, while providing greater screen reader support.
· Adobe Reader 9 MUI - Adobe Reader 9 MUI is Adobe's Multilingual User Interface version. This product is capable of installing any combination of supported languages. So, for example, you can install French, German, and Spanish simultaneously and then have the capability to switch among those languages within Adobe Reader. The user interface changes to the appropriate language on the fly.
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