Adobe Acrobat and Reader affected by critical flaws

Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2020

Adobe has released security updates to address twenty-six vulnerabilities in the Adobe Acrobat, Reader, and Lightroom products.

Adobe has released security updates to address tens of vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat, Reader, and Lightroom products.

Eleven out of twenty-six flaws are rated as ‘Critical’ because they could be exploited by attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code or bypass security features on vulnerable computers.

APSB20-48 Security updates available for Adobe Acrobat and Reader

Adobe has released security updates that address 25 vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Reader products, 11 flaws are rated as ‘Critical.’

“Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and macOS. These updates address critical and important vulnerabilities. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.” reads the advisory published by the company.

Below the list of the addressed issues.

Vulnerability CategoryVulnerability ImpactSeverityCVE Number
Disclosure of Sensitive DataMemory LeakImportant   CVE-2020-9697
Security bypass Privilege Escalation ImportantCVE-2020-9714
Out-of-bounds writeArbitrary Code Execution         Critical CVE-2020-9693CVE-2020-9694
Security bypassSecurity feature bypassCritical CVE-2020-9696CVE-2020-9712
Stack exhaustionApplication denial-of-serviceImportant CVE-2020-9702CVE-2020-9703
Out-of-bounds readInformation disclosureImportant CVE-2020-9723CVE-2020-9705CVE-2020-9706CVE-2020-9707CVE-2020-9710CVE-2020-9716CVE-2020-9717CVE-2020-9718CVE-2020-9719CVE-2020-9720CVE-2020-9721
Buffer errorArbitrary Code Execution         Critical CVE-2020-9698CVE-2020-9699CVE-2020-9700CVE-2020-9701CVE-2020-9704
Use-after-free   Arbitrary Code Execution         Critical CVE-2020-9715CVE-2020-9722

APSB20-51 Security update available for Adobe Lightroom

Adobe has released a security update to address a DLL hijacking vulnerability in Adobe Lightroom that could be exploited by an attacker to execute commands with elevated privileges.

“Adobe has released updates for Adobe Lightroom Classic for Windows and macOS. This update addresses an important vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation in the context of the current user.” reads the advisory.

An attacker can exploit the flaw to get his malicious DLL being loaded at the launching of the software.

Vulnerability CategoryVulnerability ImpactSeverityCVE Numbers
Insecure Library LoadingPrivilege escalationImportantCVE-2020-9724

Adobe has released Lightroom Classic 9.3 to address the vulnerability.

Users of these products are recommended to upgrade to the latest versions as soon as possible.

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Pierluigi Paganini

(SecurityAffairs – hacking, Adobe Acrobat)

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