A serious actively exploited security hole in Acrobat and Reader is patched in Adobe’s Patch Tuesday release for September 2023, which might allow an attacker to run malicious code on unprotected PCs.
The affected versions of Acrobat DC, Acrobat Reader DC, Acrobat 2020, and Acrobat Reader 2020 for Windows and macOS are tracked as CVE-2023-26369 and have a CVSS severity rating of 7.8.
Successfully exploiting the flaw, which is known as an out-of-bounds write, could result in code execution when a specifically created PDF document is opened. Adobe withheld any further information regarding the problem or the involved targeting read more Update Adobe Acrobat and Reader to Patch Actively Exploited Vulnerability.
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