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Adobe Fixes Critical Zero-Day Flaw Actively Exploited in the Wild – Security Updates February 2021

Adobe Fixes Critical Zero-Day Flaw Actively Exploited in the Wild – Security Updates February 2021

Adobe Security updates February 2021 released security updates providing fixes for 33 critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Magento, Adobe Acrobat, Reader, Photoshop, Animate, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver. A total of 50 security vulnerabilities are patched in this release. The patched vulnerabilities ar...

Feb 10, 2021By Kumarswamy S2 min read

Adobe Security updates February 2021 released security updates providing fixes for 33 critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Magento, Adobe Acrobat, Reader,Photoshop, Animate, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver. A total of 50 security vulnerabilities are patched in this release. The patched vulnerabilities are arbitrary code execution, access control bypass, cross-site scripting, cross-site request forgery, injection and then security bypass, etc… These flaws affect Windows and macOS and a vulnerability management solution is essential here.

Additionally, in this release, Adobe has fixed the wildly exploited heap-based buffer overflow issue (CVE-2021-21017) in Adobe Reader, which could allow remote code execution on the vulnerable system. However, a patch management tool can patch these vulnerabilities.

Adobe fixed 23 vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader, 17 of them are rated as critical, and 18 vulnerabilities in Magento, 7 of them are rated as critical. However, it also addressed 5 critical vulnerabilities in Photoshop, a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Animate, 2 critical arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities in Illustrator, and an information disclosure vulnerability in Dreamweaver, rated as important.

Adobe Security Updates February 2021 Summary:

Product: Adobe Acrobat and ReaderCVE’s/Advisory: APSB21-09, CVE-2021-21017, CVE-2021-21021, CVE-2021-21028, CVE-2021-21033, CVE-2021-21034, CVE-2021-21035, CVE-2021-21036, CVE-2021-21037, CVE-2021-21038, CVE-2021-21039, CVE-2021-21040, CVE-2021-21041, CVE-2021-21042, CVE-2021-21044, CVE-2021-21045, CVE-2021-21046, CVE-2021-21057, CVE-2021-21058, CVE-2021-21059, CVE-2021-21060, CVE-2021-21061, CVE-2021-21062 and then CVE-2021-21063Severity: CriticalImpact: Application denial-of-service, Arbitrary code execution, Privilege escalation, Information Disclosure

  1. Product: Magento Commerce and Magento Open SourceCVE’s/Advisory: APSB21-08, CVE-2021-21012, CVE-2021-21013, CVE-2021-21014, CVE-2021-21015, CVE-2021-21016, CVE-2021-21018, CVE-2021-21019, CVE-2021-21020, CVE-2021-21022, CVE-2021-21023, CVE-2021-21024, CVE-2021-21025, CVE-2021-21026, CVE-2021-21027, CVE-2021-21029, CVE-2021-21030, CVE-2021-21031 and then CVE-2021-21032Severity: CriticalImpact: Unauthorized access to restricted resources, Arbitrary code execution, Arbitrary JavaScript execution in the browser and then Unauthorized modification of customer metadata

2. Product: Adobe PhotoshopCVE’s/Advisory: APSB21-10, CVE-2021-21047, CVE-2021-21048, CVE-2021-21049, CVE-2021-21050, CVE-2021-21051Severity: CriticalImpact: Arbitrary code execution

3. Product: Adobe AnimateCVE’s/Advisory: APSB21-11, CVE-2021-21052Severity: CriticalImpact: Arbitrary code execution

4. Product: Adobe IllustratorCVE’s/Advisory: APSB21-12, CVE-2021-21053 and then CVE-2021-21054Severity: CriticalImpact: Arbitrary code execution

5. Product: Adobe DreamweaverCVE’s/Advisory: APSB21-13, CVE-2021-21055Severity: ImportantImpact: Information disclosure

Also, SanerNow detects these vulnerabilities and automatically fixes them by applying security updates. Download SanerNow and keep your systems updated and secure.

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