Adobe security alert.

Advisory overview

Qualys Vulnerability R&D Lab has released new vulnerability checks in the Qualys Cloud Platform to protect organizations against 75 vulnerabilities that were fixed in 4 bulletins announced today by Adobe. Customers can immediately audit their networks for these and other new vulnerabilities by accessing their Qualys subscription. Visit Qualys Security Blog to prioritize remediation.

Non-Qualys customers can audit their network for these and other vulnerabilities by signing up for a Qualys Free Trial, or by trying Qualys Community Edition.

Vulnerability details

Adobe has released 4 security bulletins to fix newly discovered flaws in their software. Qualys has released the following checks for these new vulnerabilities:

• Adobe Reader and Acrobat Multiple Security Vulnerabilities (APSB19-07)

  Severity

  Critical 4

  Qualys ID

  371638

  Vendor Reference

  APSB19-07

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2018-19725, CVE-2019-7018, CVE-2019-7019, CVE-2019-7020, CVE-2019-7021, CVE-2019-7022, CVE-2019-7023, CVE-2019-7024, CVE-2019-7025, CVE-2019-7026, CVE-2019-7027, CVE-2019-7028, CVE-2019-7029, CVE-2019-7030, CVE-2019-7031, CVE-2019-7032, CVE-2019-7033, CVE-2019-7034, CVE-2019-7035, CVE-2019-7036, CVE-2019-7037, CVE-2019-7038, CVE-2019-7039, CVE-2019-7040, CVE-2019-7041, CVE-2019-7042, CVE-2019-7043, CVE-2019-7044, CVE-2019-7045, CVE-2019-7046, CVE-2019-7047, CVE-2019-7048, CVE-2019-7049, CVE-2019-7050, CVE-2019-7051, CVE-2019-7052, CVE-2019-7053, CVE-2019-7054, CVE-2019-7055, CVE-2019-7056, CVE-2019-7057, CVE-2019-7058, CVE-2019-7059, CVE-2019-7060, CVE-2019-7062, CVE-2019-7063, CVE-2019-7064, CVE-2019-7065, CVE-2019-7066, CVE-2019-7067, CVE-2019-7068, CVE-2019-7069, CVE-2019-7070, CVE-2019-7071, CVE-2019-7072, CVE-2019-7073, CVE-2019-7074, CVE-2019-7075, CVE-2019-7076, CVE-2019-7077, CVE-2019-7078, CVE-2019-7079, CVE-2019-7080, CVE-2019-7081, CVE-2019-7082, CVE-2019-7083, CVE-2019-7084, CVE-2019-7085, CVE-2019-7086, CVE-2019-7087, CVE-2019-7089

  CVSS Scores

  Base 10 / Temporal 8.3

  Description

  Adobe Acrobat is a family of application software and Web services developed by Adobe Inc. to view, create, manipulate, print, and manage files in Portable Document Format. The family comprises Acrobat Reader, Acrobat, and Acrobat.com

  Affected Versions:
  Acrobat DC Continuous upto 2019.010.20069 (Windows and MacOS)
  Acrobat Reader DC Continuous upto 2019.010.20069 (Windows and MacOS)
  Acrobat 2017 Classic 2017 upto 2017.011.30113 (Windows and MacOS)
  Acrobat Reader 2017 Classic 2017 upto 2017.011.30113 (Windows and MacOS)
  Acrobat DC Classic 2015 upto 2015.006.30464 (Windows and MacOS)
  Acrobat Reader DC Classic 2015 upto 2015.006.30464 (Windows and MacOS)

  QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
  Operating System: Windows
  This QID looks for the vulnerable version of Acrobat.dll, AcroRd32.dll and nppdf32.dll files.

  QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
  Operating System: MacOS
  This QID looks for the vulnerable version of Adobe Reader and Acrobat from the installed application list.

  Consequence

  Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to arbitrary code execution and information disclosure.

  Solution

  The vendor has released patches. For more information please visit APSB19-07

  Patches:
  The following are links for downloading patches to fix these vulnerabilities:
  apsb19-07

• Adobe ColdFusion Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB19-10)

  Severity

  Critical 4

  Qualys ID

  371645

  Vendor Reference

  APSB19-10

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2019-7091, CVE-2019-7092

  CVSS Scores

  Base 10 / Temporal 7.4

  Description

  Adobe ColdFusion is an application for developing Web sites. This security update fixes security bugs in Adobe ColdFusion.

  Affected Versions:
  Adobe ColdFusion (2016 Release) prior to Update 8
  Adobe ColdFusion 11 prior to Update 15
  Adobe ColdFusion (2018 Release) prior to Update 2
  QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
  This QID checks to see if Adobe ColdFusion and a .JAR file required to mitigate this update are installed.
  QID Detection Logic:(Unauthenticated)
  This QID checks the vulnerable version of Adobe ColdFusion in response to a specific GET request.

  Consequence

  An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to compromise Confidentiality, Integrity, and/or Availability.

  Solution

  Adobe has released fix to address this issue. Customers are advised to refer to APSB19-10 for updates pertaining to this vulnerability.

  Patches:
  The following are links for downloading patches to fix these vulnerabilities:
  APSB19-10

• Adobe Security Update for Flash Player (APSB19-06)

  Severity

  Serious 3

  Qualys ID

  371646

  Vendor Reference

  APSB19-06

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2019-7090

  CVSS Scores

  Base 4.3 / Temporal 3.2

  Description

  Adobe Flash Player is a Cross-platform plugin that plays animations, videos and sound files in .SWF format.
  These updates address one important vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure in the context of the current user.

  Affected Versions:
  Adobe Flash Player versions prior to 32.0.0.142.
  

  QID Detection Logic:
  This QID checks for a vulnerable version of the Adobe Flash Player.

  Consequence

  Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure in the context of the current user.

  Solution

  Adobe has released a fix to address this issue.
  Customers are advised to refer to APSB19-06 for updates pertaining to this vulnerability.

  Patches:
  The following are links for downloading patches to fix these vulnerabilities:
  APSB19-06

• Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (APSB19-11)

  Severity

  Critical 4

  Qualys ID

  371647

  Vendor Reference

  APSB19-11

  CVE Reference

  CVE-2019-7093

  CVSS Scores

  Base 6.8 / Temporal 5

  Description

  Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application is your central location for managing the dozens of apps and services that are included in your Creative Cloud membership. You can also sync and share files, manage thousands of fonts, access libraries of stock photography and design assets.

  This update fixes security bugs in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application.

  Affected Versions:
  Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application version 4.7.0.400 and earlier versions QID Detection Logic:(Authenticated)
  This QID checks Windows registry to see if Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop is installed. If found, it checks if the installed versions is vulnerable.
  

  Consequence

  An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to compromise Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability.

  Solution

  The vendor has released a patch Creative Cloud Desktop Application (installer) version 4.8.0.410
  For more information please visit APSB19-11

  Patches:
  The following are links for downloading patches to fix these vulnerabilities:
  APSB19-11

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