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Adobe Acrobat Extension Flaw Let Malicious Sites Read WhatsApp Web Data
Adobe patched CVE-2026-48294 after malicious pages could abuse its Acrobat Chrome extension to expose rendered WhatsApp Web chat data.
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Researchers disclosed a patched vulnerability chain in the Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension, used by more than 314 million users. The flaw, dubbed HermeticReader by Guardio Labs, could allow malicious sites to silently hijack a user’s WhatsApp Web data. The issue has been fixed, removing the risk of data theft through the extension.
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