Adobe Acrobat and Reader Double Free Vulnerability
Adobe Acrobat and Reader have a double free vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution.
A remote attacker, without authentication, can achieve full data confidentiality loss, arbitrary modification of data, complete denial of service or system unavailability. Federal agencies are required to remediate by 2022-06-22 under CISA BOD 22-01.
This is a Software Vulnerability (CWE-415) (CWE-415) vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader. Exploitation requires remote network access, low attack complexity, no authentication required, and user interaction required.
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Server compromised
Probably yes if any of these apply:
CISA added this CVE to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-06-08 based on evidence of active exploitation in the wild. Federal agencies required to remediate by 2022-06-22.
Manual remediation steps
Apply the Vendor Patch
This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — apply the vendor's security update as soon as possible.
CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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