Force ASLR improves the effectiveness of existing ASLR implementations by ensuring that all DLLs loaded by Adobe Reader or Acrobat XI, including legacy DLLs without ASLR enabled, are randomized. In Adobe Reader and Acrobat XI, we have enabled support for Force ASLR on Windows 7 and Windows 8. He further said, “Adobe Reader and Acrobat leverage platform mitigations such as Data Execution Prevention (DEP), Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR), etc.

“To provide an additional layer of defense and strengthen the sandbox protection in Adobe Reader and Acrobat even further, we have implemented a separate desktop and WinStation in Adobe Reader and Acrobat XI, which will block, for instance, screen scraping attacks,” said Priyank Choudhury, a security researcher at Adobe, in a blog post at the Adobe Secure Software Engineering Team (ASSET) Blog. It extended the functionality of the sandbox and added a feature that forces all the DLLs loaded by the applications to use Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR), regardless of whether they originally were compiled with ASLR enabled. Commenting tools present in Adobe Reader XI lets you easily highlight, strike through, add comments or sticky notes to your PDF documents. You can directly send a PDF file from within the program to your friends or colleagues. Protected Mode, first introduced in Adobe Reader X, has been enhanced with data theft prevention capabilities.Īdobe has also upgraded the security capabilities of the program. You can get access to the new sign button from the View menu.

The latest version now allows you to save filled PDF forms to your hard disk. If you need to sign on a PDF document, you now have the option to do it either by typing your name or scribbling your signature or use scanned image.

The latest Adobe Reader version comes with Windows 8 support, new features to improve productivity, security, and deployment of the program. Adobe Reader is one of the most popular PDF reader which lets you view, print, sign, and comment on PDF documents. Adobe has released the latest Adobe Reader version, Adobe Reader XI.

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