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Adobe Acrobat Extension Flaw Let Malicious Sites Read WhatsApp Web Data

The Hacker News·July 22, 2026·1 min read
Adobe Acrobat Extension Flaw Let Malicious Sites Read WhatsApp Web Data

Researchers disclosed a patched vulnerability chain in the Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension, affecting over 314 million users. Tracked as CVE-2026-48294 with a CVSS score of 7.4, the flaw codenamed HermeticReader by Guardio Labs could facilitate silent hijack of a user's WhatsApp data if exploited.

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