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.    

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:    

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:    

• Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2019-8203, CVE-2019-8208, CVE-2019-8210, CVE-2019-8217, CVE-2019-8219, CVE-2019-8225)
• Haikuo Xie of Baidu Security Lab working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2019-8209, CVE-2019-8223) 
• hungtt28 of Viettel Cyber Security working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2019-8204)
• Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2019-8172) 
• Ke Liu of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab (CVE-2019-8199, CVE-2019-8200, CVE-2019-8201, CVE-2019-8202)
• L4Nce working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2019-8064) 
• Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2019-8166, CVE-2019-8175, CVE-2019-8178, CVE-2019-8179, CVE-2019-8180, CVE-2019-8181, CVE-2019-8187, CVE-2019-8188, CVE-2019-8189, CVE-2019-8163, CVE-2019-8190, CVE-2019-8165, CVE-2019-8191)
• Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Project Zero (CVE-2019-8195, CVE-2019-8196, CVE-2019-8197)
• peternguyen working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2019-8176, CVE-2019-8224) 
• Steven Seeley (mr_me) of Source Incite working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2019-8170, CVE-2019-8171, CVE-2019-8173, CVE-2019-8174)
• Heige of Knownsec 404 Security Team (http://www.knownsec.com/) (CVE-2019-8160) 
• Xizsmin and Lee JinYoung of Codemize Security Research Lab (CVE-2019-8218)
• Mipu94 of SEFCOM Lab, Arizona State University (CVE-2019-8211, CVE-2019-8212, CVE-2019-8213, CVE-2019-8214, CVE-2019-8215) 
• Esteban Ruiz (mr_me) of Source Incite (CVE-2019-8161, CVE-2019-8164, CVE-2019-8167, CVE-2019-8168, CVE-2019-8169, CVE-2019-8182)
• Ta Dinh Sung of STAR Labs (CVE-2019-8220, CVE-2019-8221) 
• Behzad Najjarpour Jabbari, Secunia Research at Flexera (CVE-2019-8222)
• Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos. (CVE-2019-8183) 
• Nguyen Hong Quang (https://twitter.com/quangnh89) of Viettel Cyber Security (CVE-2019-8193)
• Zhiyuan Wang and willJ from Chengdu Security Response Center of Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. (CVE-2019-8185, CVE-2019-8186) 
• Yangkang(@dnpushme) & Li Qi(@leeqwind) & Yang Jianxiong(@sinkland_) of Qihoo360 CoreSecurity(@360CoreSec) (CVE-2019-8194)
• Lee JinYoung of Codemize Security Research Lab (http://codemize.co.kr) (CVE-2019-8216) 
• Bo Qu of Palo Alto Networks and Heige of Knownsec 404 Security Team (CVE-2019-8205)
• Zhibin Zhang of Palo Alto Networks (CVE-2019-8206) 
• Andrew Hart (CVE-2019-8226)
• peternguyen (meepwn ctf) working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2019-8192, CVE-2019-8177) 
• Haikuo Xie of Baidu Security Lab (CVE-2019-8184)
• Zhiniang Peng of Qihoo 360 Core security & Jiadong Lu of South China University of Technology (CVE-2019-8162)

November 11, 2019: Added acknowledgement for CVE-2019-8195 & CVE-2019-8196.