Adobe Security Bulletin

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.     

Affected Versions

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):

• Download the enterprise installers from ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/, or 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:

Vulnerability Details

Acknowledgements

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

•  Xu Peng and Su Purui from TCA/SKLCS Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2019-7830, CVE-2019-7817)

• hungtt28 of Viettel Cyber Security working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2019-7826, CVE-2019-7820) 

• Esteban Ruiz (mr_me) of Source Incite working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2019-7825, CVE-2019-7822, CVE-2019-7821)

• Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2019-7824, CVE-2019-7823, CVE-2019-7797, CVE-2019-7759, CVE-2019-7758) 

• T3rmin4t0r working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2019-7796)

• Ron Waisberg working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2019-7794) 

• Xudong Shao of Qihoo360 Vulcan Team (CVE-2019-7784)

• Peternguyen working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2019-7814, CVE-2019-7760) 

• Gal De Leon of Palo Alto Networks (CVE-2019-7762)

• Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos (CVE-2019-7831, CVE-2019-7761) 

• hemidallt working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2019-7809)

• Ke Liu of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab (CVE-2019-7780, CVE-2019-7779, CVE-2019-7771, CVE-2019-7770, CVE-2019-7769, CVE-2019-7811, CVE-2019-7795, CVE-2019-7789, CVE-2019-7788) 

• Steven Seeley via Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2019-7829, CVE-2019-7828, CVE-2019-7827, CVE-2019-7810, CVE-2019-7804, CVE-2019-7803, CVE-2019-7802, CVE-2019-7801, CVE-2019-7800, CVE-2019-7799, CVE-2019-7798, CVE-2019-7787, CVE-2019-7786, CVE-2019-7785, CVE-2019-7145, CVE-2019-7144, CVE-2019-7143, CVE-2019-7141, CVE-2019-7140)

• Wei Lei of STARLabs (CVE-2019-7142) 

• @j00sean (CVE-2019-7812, CVE-2019-7791, CVE-2019-7790)

• willJ working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2019-7818) 

• Zhenjie Jia from Qihoo360 Vulcan team (CVE-2019-7813)

• Zhibin Zhang of Palo Alto Networks (CVE-2019-7841, CVE-2019-7836, CVE-2019-7835, CVE-2019-7774, CVE-2019-7767) 

• Bo Qu of Palo Alto Networks and Heige of Knownsec 404 Security Team (CVE-2019-7773, CVE-2019-7766, CVE-2019-7764)

• Qi Deng of Palo Alto Networks (CVE-2019-7834, CVE-2019-7833, CVE-2019-7832, CVE-2019-7772, CVE-2019-7768) 

• Hui Gao of Palo Alto Networks (CVE-2019-7808, CVE-2019-7807, CVE-2019-7806)

• Zhaoyan Xu of Palo Alto Networks (CVE-2019-7793, CVE-2019-7792, CVE-2019-7783) 

• Zhanglin He of Palo Alto Networks (CVE-2019-7782, CVE-2019-7781, CVE-2019-7778, CVE-2019-7765)

• Taojie Wang of Palo Alto Networks (CVE-2019-7777, CVE-2019-7776, CVE-2019-7775, CVE-2019-7763) 

• An independent Security Researcher has reported this vulnerability to SSD Secure Disclosure program (CVE-2019-7805)
• Steven Seeley (mr_me) of Source Incite working with iDefense Labs (CVE-2019- 7966, CVE-2019-7967)
• Kevin Stoltz from CompuPlus, Inc. (CVE-2019-8238)

Revisions

July 08, 2019: Updated Acknowledgements section

August 15, 2019: Inlcuded details about CVE-2019-7966 & CVE-2019-7967

October 23, 2019: Inlcuded details about CVE-2019-8238.