Eleven critical bugs in Adobe’s popular and free PDF reader, Acrobat, open both Window and macOS users to attacks ranging from an adversary arbitrarily executing commands on a targeted system to data leakage tied to system-read and memory flaws.
In a Tuesday security bulletin, which included patches for all flaws, the company reported that Windows and macOS versions of Acrobat were equally vulnerable. Adobe added however that it was not aware of any abuse of the bugs in the wild.
The free Acrobat Reader 2020 and PDF-creation and editing software Acrobat 2020 were among the list of those programs with critical bugs patched. Adobe also patched Acrobat DC, Acrobat DC Reader, Acrobat Reader 2017 and Acrobat 2017. In all, Adobe patched 20 Acrobat bugs, with nine rated important.
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Source: ThreatPost