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:    

• hungtt28 of Viettel Cyber Security working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2020-3802)
• Huw Pigott of Shearwater Solutions, a CyberCX company (CVE-2020-3803)
• Duy Phan Thanh (bit) of STAR Labs (CVE-2020-3800, CVE-2020-3801)
• Ke Liu of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab (CVE-2020-3804, CVE-2020-3805)
• STARLabs @PTDuy during the Tianfu Cup competition (CVE-2020-3793)
• T Sung Ta (@Mipu94) of SEFCOM Lab, Arizona State University (CVE-2020-3792)
• Xinyu Wan, Yiwei Zhang and Wei You from Renmin University of China (CVE-2020-3806, CVE-2020-3807, CVE-2020-3795, CVE-2020-3797)
• Xu Peng and Su Purui from TCA/SKLCS Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences and Wang Yanhao from QiAnXin Technology Research Institute (CVE-2020-3799)