A newly uncovered zero-day attack targeting Adobe Reader has raised alarms across enterprise security teams, as researchers identified an exploit chain that bypasses traditional detection controls and executes malicious code through seemingly benign PDF files.

Security analysts tracking the campaign report that the vulnerability enables attackers to trigger remote code execution, a method that allows hackers to run commands on a victim’s system without authorization. In this case, the exploit requires no user interaction beyond opening the file, which significantly increases its success rate in enterprise environments.

The attack surfaced through independent research published and has si...