Adobe is set to release a patch in their next quarterly security update, as it was mention here, that will address a zero-day exploit. The exploit has already been publicly released and can infect users through javascript in Adobe Acrobat and Reader version 9.2 and lower, mentioned in the Security Advisory - APSA09-07.

Adobe is set to fix this issue in their next quarterly update cycle coming on 12th of January 2010. The issue effects all versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.2 and lower on Windows, Mac and Linux systems. The risk of this infection is very low and doesn't pose a very huge threat to users, however the potential danger of a hacker to shutdown your system or comprising your system with threats is possible, but its unlikely

Adobe has mentioned that if users are worried of being compromised, that they should disable javascript until the fix is released in a few weeks. Adobe did release a temporary fix for users, which will populate the javascript Blacklist Framework, modifying the users registry settings €“ something that will be fixed when the patch is released.

Adobe has mention that if users are worried about this threat they should disable javascript and use the fix until they are release the patch in few weeks. Windows users can download and install this temporary fix from Adobe. Mac and Linux users will need to follow the steps on the Macromedia website.

Download: Adobe Windows Patch