May 2021 Patch Tuesday: Adobe fixes exploited Reader 0-day, Microsoft patches 55 holes
May 12, 2021
On this May 2021 Patch Tuesday:
Adobe has fixed a Reader flaw exploited in attacks in the wild, as well as delivered security updates for eleven other products, including Magento, Adobe InDesign, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application, and others
Microsoft has plugged 55 security holes, none actively exploited
SAP has released 14 new and updated security patches
Adobe updates
Adobe has released security updates for 12 of its products, fixing a total of 44 CVE-numbered flaws.
The updates that should be prioritized are those for Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and macOS, because they fix a number of critical and important vulnerabilities in a widely used product that has often been targeted by attackers. Another good reason is that one of these – CVE-2021-28550 – “has been exploited in the wild in limited attacks targeting Adobe Reader users on
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Adobe has released security updates to address eight vulnerabilities, which, if exploited, could enable an attacker to take control of an affected system.
The vulnerabilities allow arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop, which is used to create and edit videos; Adobe FrameMaker, a document processor; and Adobe’s Connect software, which is used for remote web conferencing.
Chris Hauk, consumer privacy champion at privacy advocacy Pixel Privacy, advises users to take advantage of Adobe s Creative Cloud app to enable auto-updating of all Adobe apps. This ensures that all Adobe apps are updated when new versions become available.