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Adobe Acrobat: CVE-2018-4990: Security updates available for Adobe Acrobat and Reader (APSB18-09)

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Adobe Acrobat: CVE-2018-4990: Security updates available for Adobe Acrobat and Reader (APSB18-09)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/14/2018
Created
04/26/2024
Added
04/26/2024
Modified
10/21/2024

Description

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and MacOS. These updates address critical vulnerabilities whose successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Adobe is aware of a report that an exploit for CVE-2018-4990 exists in the wild. Additionally, proof-of-concept code for CVE-2018-4993 has been published and is publicly available.

Solution(s)

  • adobe-acrobat-upgrade-latest

References

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