From: "Shane"

| David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "tlee"

Dear All,

I am no idea why I cannot open the embedded object (Pdf file) inside
Excel file which using Windows ME.

Once clicked the object icons, then it shows the error message likes

" the embedded object cannot be opened by the source application"

I used the Adobe reader 6.01 as the source application.

Actually, I searched the related forum from the Internet. However, I
cannot solve the problem.

Anyone helps?

Thanks

tlee


Adobe Reader v6.01 isw old, and is *very* vulnerable. Those
vulnerabilities are actively being exploited in the wild !

Chances are the PDF is a greater version than v6.x can handle.

You *need* to upgrade to both a new OS and Adobe Reader v9.0

| Isn't 9.0 the version with the currently exploited vulnerability? And as yet
| unknown whether 10 has the same?

| Also an unpatched Excel vulnerability, last I heard!

For the latest PDF vulnerability, Adobe Security Bulletin APSA09-01, all are vulnerable.
There is no v10 and v6 will not be patched.

I'm not sure about a current Excel vulnerability albeit there may be one.

--
Dave
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