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Adobe Security Updates – August 2019

Adobe Security Updates – August 2019

Aug 13, 2019By Vidita V Koushik3 min read

Adobe released its monthly set of security updates to address the vulnerabilities in its products. This month in august 2019 security updates release consists of 119 vulnerabilities addressed in 8 advisories. 25 vulnerabilities are rated critical and 94 vulnerabilities are rated important. These vulnerabilities impact Adobe After Effects CC, Adobe Character Animator CC, Adobe Premiere Pro CC, Adobe Prelude CC, Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application, Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Adobe Experience Manager and Adobe Photoshop CC.

76 vulnerabilities lead to Arbitrary Code Execution alone. It is also alarming that 50 of these arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities are from Adobe Acrobat and Reader only. Adobe Acrobat and Reader also received updates for the highest number of vulnerabilities(76 CVEs).

Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application Adobe Creative Cloud received 4 updates for 4 different vulnerabilities – Arbitrary Code Execution, Privilege Escalation, Information Disclosure and Denial of Service. Arbitrary Code Execution and Privilege Escalation vulnerabilities are rated critical.

Adobe Acrobat and Reader Adobe Acrobat and Reader received updates for 77 vulnerabilities out of which 50 vulnerabilities lead to arbitrary code execution and 26 vulnerabilities lead to information disclosure.

Adobe Experience Manager Adobe Experience Manager received 1 critical update for Remote Code Execution

Adobe Photoshop CC Adobe Photoshop CC received updates for 33 vulnerabilities which includes 21 Critical vulnerabilities leading to arbitrary code execution and 12 important vulnerabilities leading to Memory leak. Photoshop CC has the highest number of critical vulnerabilities in this month’s updates.

Adobe After Effects CC, Adobe Character Animator CC and Adobe Premiere Pro CC received one important update each for vulnerabilities leading to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products:

Adobe Security Bulletin Summary for August 2019 Security Updates:

Product : Adobe After Effects CCCVE’s/Advisory : APSB19-31, CVE-2019-8062Severity : ImportantImpact : Arbitrary code execution

Product : Adobe Character Animator CCCVE’s/Advisory : APSB19-32, CVE-2019-7870Severity : ImportantImpact : Arbitrary code execution

Product : Adobe Premiere Pro CCCVE’s/Advisory :APSB19-33, CVE-2019-7931Severity : ImportantImpact : Arbitrary code execution

Product : Adobe Prelude CCCVE’s/Advisory : APSB19-35 , CVE-2019-7961Severity : ImportantImpact : Arbitrary code execution

Product : Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop ApplicationCVE’s/Advisory : APSB19-39, CVE-2019-8063, CVE-2019-7957, CVE-2019-7958, CVE-2019-7959Severity : CriticalImpact : Information Leakage, Denial of Service, Privilege Escalation, Arbitrary Code Execution

Product : Adobe Acrobat and Reader CVE’s/Advisory : APSB19-41, CVE-2019-7832, CVE-2019-7965, CVE-2019-8002, CVE-2019-8003, CVE-2019-8004, CVE-2019-8005, CVE-2019-8006, CVE-2019-8007, CVE-2019-8008, CVE-2019-8009, CVE-2019-8010, CVE-2019-8011, CVE-2019-8012, CVE-2019-8013, CVE-2019-8014, CVE-2019-8015, CVE-2019-8016, CVE-2019-8017, CVE-2019-8018, CVE-2019-8019, CVE-2019-8020, CVE-2019-8021, CVE-2019-8022, CVE-2019-8023, CVE-2019-8024, CVE-2019-8025, CVE-2019-8026, CVE-2019-8027, CVE-2019-8028, CVE-2019-8029, CVE-2019-8030, CVE-2019-8031, CVE-2019-8032, CVE-2019-8033, CVE-2019-8034, CVE-2019-8035, CVE-2019-8036, CVE-2019-8037, CVE-2019-8038, CVE-2019-8039, CVE-2019-8040, CVE-2019-8041, CVE-2019-8042, CVE-2019-8043, CVE-2019-8044, CVE-2019-8045, CVE-2019-8046, CVE-2019-8047, CVE-2019-8048, CVE-2019-8049, CVE-2019-8050, CVE-2019-8051, CVE-2019-8052, CVE-2019-8053, CVE-2019-8054, CVE-2019-8055, CVE-2019-8056, CVE-2019-8057, CVE-2019-8058, CVE-2019-8059, CVE-2019-8060, CVE-2019-8061, CVE-2019-8077, CVE-2019-8094, CVE-2019-8095, CVE-2019-8096, CVE-2019-8097, CVE-2019-8098, CVE-2019-8099, CVE-2019-8100, CVE-2019-8101, CVE-2019-8102, CVE-2019-8103, CVE-2019-8104, CVE-2019-8105, CVE-2019-8106Severity : ImportantImpact : Information Disclosure, Arbitrary Code Execution,

Product : Adobe Experience Manager CVE’s/Advisory : APSB19-42, CVE-2019-7964Severity : CriticalImpact : Remote Code Execution

Product : Adobe Photoshop CCCVE’s/AdvisoryAPSB19-44, CVE-2019-7968, CVE-2019-7969, CVE-2019-7970, CVE-2019-7971, CVE-2019-7972, CVE-2019-7973, CVE-2019-7974, CVE-2019-7975, CVE-2019-7976, CVE-2019-7977, CVE-2019-7978, CVE-2019-7979, CVE-2019-7980, CVE-2019-7981, CVE-2019-7982, CVE-2019-7983, CVE-2019-7984, CVE-2019-7985, CVE-2019-7986, CVE-2019-7987, CVE-2019-7988, CVE-2019-7989, CVE-2019-7990, CVE-2019-7991, CVE-2019-7992, CVE-2019-7993, CVE-2019-7994, CVE-2019-7995, CVE-2019-7996, CVE-2019-7997, CVE-2019-7998, CVE-2019-7999, CVE-2019-8000, CVE-2019-8001Severity : CriticalImpact : Arbitrary code execution

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