Adobe August security updates cover’s 11 security vulnerabilities including two critical vulnerabilities with the most popular Adobe Acrobat and Reader.
With the last July, Tuesday patch Adobe released Security Updates & Fixes for 112 Vulnerabilities that Affected Multiple Adobe Products.
Adobe August Security Updates
Adobe Acrobat and Reader
The security updates cover both the Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and MacOS. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability leads to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. The Critical Vulnerability fixed with 2018.011.20058.
| Vulnerability Category | Vulnerability Impact | Severity | CVE Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Out-of-bounds write | Arbitrary Code Execution | Critical | CVE-2018-12808 |
| Untrusted pointer dereference | Arbitrary Code Execution | Critical | CVE-2018-12799 |
Adobe Experience Manager
Starting from version 6.0 Adobe Experience Manager suffers a cross-site scripting vulnerability that could result in information disclosure and input validation bypass. It was fixed with Adobe Experience Manager version 6.4.
Adobe Flash Player
Important vulnerabilities with Flash Player 30.0.0.134 and earlier versions for Windows, macOS, Linux and Chrome OS. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability leads to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Users are recommended to update with latest version 30.0.0.154 of Adobe Flash Player.
| Vulnerability Category | Vulnerability Impact | Severity | CVE Number |
| Out-of-bounds read | Information Disclosure | Important | CVE-2018-12824 |
| Security bypass | Security Mitigation Bypass | Important | CVE-2018-12825 |
| Out-of-bounds read | Information Disclosure | Important | CVE-2018-12826 |
| Out-of-bounds read | Information Disclosure | Important | CVE-2018-12827 |
| Use of a component with a known vulnerability | Privilege Escalation | Important | CVE-2018-12828 |
Creative Cloud Desktop
Adobe creative cloud for windows suffered insecure library loading vulnerability which may lead to privilege escalation. The Vulnerability affects 4.5.0.324 and earlier versions. The Risk can be mitigated by updating to 4.5.5.342.
| Vulnerability Category | Vulnerability Impact | Severity | CVE Numbers |
| Insecure Library Loading (DLL hijacking) | Privilege Escalation | Important | CVE-2018-5003 |
Users are recommended to update their software installations to the latest versions, to update manually Help for Adobe security updates > Check for Updates.
US Government agencies to are asked to remove the Adobe Flash contents from websites and computers before August 1, 2019, as Adobe already announced to stop supporting Adobe Flash Media Player in 2020 and it will no longer receive updates or technical support.
