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Complex vulnerabilities in Acrobat Reader

Complex vulnerabilities in Acrobat Reader

An emergency update is recommended for users of different versions of Acrobat Reader – a dozen security holes have been discovered there that are already being exploited by criminals – an update is now available.

Adobe Has released a security update for its Acrobat Reader. Some of these are called “zero day exploits” VulnerabilitiesThe company was discovered and exploited by hackers before they even knew about them. Now they have to close.

Overall, Adobe connects more than a dozen important and critical holes Link To be closed. Vulnerabilities can be used by attackers to gain access rights or to execute their own commands. Often these vulnerabilities are linked by multiple attackers Computer To get.

Attacks via prepared PDF file

Attacks can usually be made via a manipulated PDF file sent to victims, for example by email.

To protect themselves from such attacks, users should read the recently released Update To establish. End users can start the update using the update function of Acrobat Reader (after the menu item “Help” -> ” Updates Search “) or the current version Load here from the network.

According to Adobe, not only the current versions of Acrobat and Acrobat Reader, but also Acrobat (Reader) 2020 and Acrobat (Reader) 2017 are affected. There are vulnerabilities in both Windows and Mac versions of the software.