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Adobe fixes Reader in zero-day vulnerability


By MYBRANDBOOK


Adobe fixes Reader in zero-day vulnerability

Adobe has released a massive Patch on the security update release that fixes vulnerabilities in twelve different applications, including one actively exploited vulnerability Adobe Reader. Adobe warns that one of the Adobe Acrobat and Reader vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2021-28550 has been exploited in the wild in limited attacks against Adobe Reader on Windows devices.

 

The updated applications include Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InCopy, Adobe Genuine Service, Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Magento, Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application, Adobe Media Encoder, dobe After Effects, Adobe Medium, and Adobe Animate.

 

The complete list of Adobe Products that received security updates are listed below:

In total, there were 43 vulnerabilities fixed, not including dependencies in Adobe Experience Manager.

 

Out of all the Adobe security updates released today, Adobe Acrobat & Reader had the most fixes, with 14 vulnerabilities.

 

Install updates immediately

As per Bleeping computers website, Adobe advises customers using vulnerable products to update to the latest versions as soon as possible to fix bugs that could lead to successful exploitation of unpatched installations.

This guidance is critical today, considering that the Adobe Acrobat & Reader CVE-2021-28550 vulnerability is known to be used in active attacks.

In most cases, users can update their software by using the auto-update feature of the product using the following steps:

  • By going to Help > Check for Updates.
  • The full update installers can be downloaded from Adobe's Download Center.
  • Let the products update automatically, without requiring user intervention, when updates are detected.

If the new update is not available via auto update, you can check the security bulletins linked to above for the latest download links.

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