Adobe Security Bulletin

Security update available for Adobe Acrobat and Reader  | APSB22-01

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

APSB22-01

January 11, 2022

2

Summary

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and macOS. These updates address  multiple critical, important and moderate vulnerabilities. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution, memory leak, application denial of service,  security feature bypass and privilege escalation. 

Affected Versions

Product

Track

Affected Versions

Platform

Acrobat DC 

Continuous 

21.007.20099 and earlier versions

Windows

Acrobat Reader DC

Continuous 


21.007.20099 and earlier versions
 

Windows

Acrobat DC 

Continuous 

21.007.20099 and earlier versions
     

macOS

Acrobat Reader DC

Continuous 

21.007.20099 and earlier versions
     

macOS

 

 

 

 

Acrobat 2020

Classic 2020           

20.004.30017 and earlier versions  

Windows & macOS

Acrobat Reader 2020

Classic 2020           

20.004.30017 and earlier versions 

Windows & macOS

 

 

 

 

Acrobat 2017

Classic 2017

17.011.30204  and earlier versions          

Windows & macOS

Acrobat Reader 2017

Classic 2017

17.011.30204  and earlier versions        
  

Windows & macOS

For questions regarding Acrobat DC, please visit the Acrobat DC FAQ page

For questions regarding Acrobat Reader DC, please visit the Acrobat Reader DC FAQ page.

Solution

Adobe recommends users update their software installations to the latest versions by following the instructions below.    

The latest product versions are available to end users via one of the following methods:    

  • Users can update their product installations manually by choosing Help > Check for Updates.     

  • The products will update automatically, without requiring user intervention, when updates are detected.      

  • The full Acrobat Reader installer can be downloaded from the Acrobat Reader Download Center.     

For IT administrators (managed environments):     

  • Refer to the specific release note version for links to installers.     

  • Install updates via your preferred methodology, such as AIP-GPO, bootstrapper, SCUP/SCCM (Windows), or on macOS, Apple Remote Desktop and SSH.     

   

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version:    

Product

Track

Updated Versions

Platform

Priority Rating

Availability

Acrobat DC

Continuous

21.011.20039

Windows and macOS

2

Acrobat Reader DC

Continuous

21.011.20039

Windows and macOS

2

Release Notes     

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acrobat 2020

Classic 2020           

20.004.30020

Windows and macOS     

2

Acrobat Reader 2020

Classic 2020           

20.004.30020

Windows and macOS     

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acrobat 2017

Classic 2017

17.011.30207

Windows and macOS

2

Acrobat Reader 2017

Classic 2017

17.011.30207

Windows and macOS

2

Vulnerability Details

Vulnerability Category Vulnerability Impact Severity CVSS base score CVSS vector CVE Number
Use After Free (CWE-416) Arbitrary code execution  Critical 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2021-44701
Information Exposure (CWE-200)
Privilege escalation Moderate 3.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVE-2021-44702
Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) Arbitrary code execution Critical 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2021-44703
Use After Free (CWE-416) Arbitrary code execution Critical 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2021-44704
Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CWE-824) Arbitrary code execution Critical 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2021-44705
Use After Free (CWE-416) Arbitrary code execution Critical 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2021-44706
Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) Arbitrary code execution Critical 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2021-44707
Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) Arbitrary code execution Critical 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2021-44708
Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) Arbitrary code execution Critical 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2021-44709
Use After Free (CWE-416) Arbitrary code execution Critical 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2021-44710
Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190) Arbitrary code execution Critical 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2021-44711
Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) Application denial-of-service Important 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L CVE-2021-44712
Use After Free (CWE-416) Application denial-of-service Important 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2021-44713
Violation of Secure Design Principles (CWE-657) Security feature bypass Moderate 2.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVE-2021-44714
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) Memory Leak Moderate 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVE-2021-44715
Information Exposure (CWE-200)
Privilege escalation
Moderate 3.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVE-2021-44739
NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) Application denial-of-service Moderate 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVE-2021-44740
NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) Application denial-of-service Moderate 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVE-2021-44741
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) Memory Leak Moderate 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVE-2021-44742
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) Arbitrary code execution Critical 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2021-45060
Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) Arbitrary code execution Critical 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2021-45061
Use After Free (CWE-416) Arbitrary code execution Critical 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2021-45062
Use After Free (CWE-416) Privilege escalation Moderate 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVE-2021-45063
Use After Free (CWE-416) Arbitrary code execution Critical 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2021-45064
Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer (CWE-788) Memory Leak Important 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVE-2021-45067
Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) Arbitrary code execution Critical 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2021-45068

Acknowledgements

Adobe would like to thank the following for reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:   

  • Ashfaq Ansari and Krishnakant Patil - HackSys Inc working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2021-44701)
  • j00sean (j00sean) (CVE-2021-44702, CVE-2021-44739)
  • Kai Lu of Zscaler's ThreatLabz (CVE-2021-44703, CVE-2021-44708, CVE-2021-44709, CVE-2021-44740, CVE-2021-44741)
  • PangU via TianfuCup (CVE-2021-44704)
  • StakLeader via TianfuCup (CVE-2021-44705)
  • bee13oy of Kunlun Lab via TianfuCup (CVE-2021-44706)
  • Vulnerability Research Institute Juvenile Via TianfuCup (CVE-2021-44707)
  • Jaewon Min and Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos (CVE-2021-44710, CVE-2021-44711)
  • Sanjeev Das (sd001) (CVE-2021-44712)
  • Rocco Calvi (TecR0c) and Steven Seeley of Qihoo 360 (CVE-2021-44713, CVE-2021-44715)
  • chamal (chamal) (CVE-2021-44714)
  • fr0zenrain of Baidu Security (fr0zenrain) (CVE-2021-44742)
  • Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2021-45060, CVE-2021-45061, CVE-2021-45062, CVE-2021-45063; CVE-2021-45068, CVE-2021-45064)
  • Ashfaq Ansari (ashfaqansari) (CVE-2021-45067)

Revisions:

January 12, 2022: Updated acknowledgement for CVE-2021-44706

January 13, 2022: Updated acknowledgement for CVE-2021-45064, Updated CVE details for CVE-2021-44702 and CVE-2021-44739

January 17, 2022: Updated acknowledgement for CVE-2021-44706

 


For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com.

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