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Adobe Critical Security Updates June 2021

Adobe Critical Security Updates June 2021

Adobe has finally released security updates providing fixes for 21 critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application, After Effects, Photoshop, Animate, RoboHelp Server, Acrobat, and Reader. A total of 41 security vulnerabilities have been finally patched in this release. Having a...

Jun 14, 2021By Nitish B2 min read

Adobe has finally released security updates providing fixes for 21 critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application, After Effects, Photoshop, Animate, RoboHelp Server, Acrobat, and Reader. A total of 41 security vulnerabilities have been finally patched in this release. Having a vulnerability scanning tool is essential here. Therefore, most of these vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution on successful exploitation. Therefore, these flaws affect Windows and macOS. However, there were no reports of any of the above vulnerabilities being actively exploited. Additionally Adobe After Effects received fixes for a total of 15 security flaws, out of which 8 were critical. Whereas Animate consisted of 4 critical vulnerabilities. Acrobat and Reader fixed 5 critical flaws. Photoshop received fixes for 2 critical flaws. Moreover Creative Cloud and RoboHelp Server consisted of 1 critical vulnerability each. Also, a patch management tool can patch these vulnerabilities.

Adobe Security Updates Bulletin Summary for June 2021

1.Product: Adobe ConnectAdvisory/CVEs: APSB21-36, CVE-2021-28579Severity: ImportantImpact: Privilege escalation

2.Product: Adobe Acrobat and ReaderAdvisory/CVEs: APSB21-37, CVE-2021-28552, CVE-2021-28631, CVE-2021-28632, CVE-2021-28554, CVE-2021-28551Severity: CriticalImpact: Arbitrary code execution

3.Product: Adobe PhotoshopAdvisory/CVEs: APSB21-38, CVE-2021-28624, CVE-2021-28582Severity: CriticalImpact: Arbitrary code execution

4.Product: Adobe Experience ManagerAdvisory/CVEs: APSB21-39, CVE-2021-28625, CVE-2021-28626, CVE-2021-28627, CVE-2021-28628Severity: CriticalImpact: Arbitrary code execution, Application denial-of-service, Security feature bypass

5.Product: Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop ApplicationAdvisory/CVEs: APSB21-41, CVE-2021-28633, CVE-2021-28594Severity: CriticalImpact: Arbitrary file system write, Arbitrary code execution

6.Product: Adobe RoboHelp ServerAdvisory/CVEs: APSB21-44, CVE-2021-28588Severity: CriticalImpact: Arbitrary code execution

7.Product: Adobe Photoshop ElementsAdvisory/CVEs: APSB21-46, CVE-2021-28597Severity: ImportantImpact: Privilege escalation

8.Product: Adobe Premiere ElementsAdvisory/CVEs: APSB21-47, CVE-2021-28623Severity: ImportantImpact: Privilege escalation

9.Product: Adobe After EffectsAdvisory/CVEs: APSB21-49, CVE-2021-28600, CVE-2021-28601, CVE-2021-28602, CVE-2021-28605, CVE-2021-28607, CVE-2021-28603, CVE-2021-28604, CVE-2021-28608, CVE-2021-28610, CVE-2021-28606, CVE-2021-28609, CVE-2021-28615, CVE-2021-28611, CVE-2021-28612, CVE-2021-28614, CVE-2021-28616Severity: CriticalImpact: Privilege escalation, Application denial-of-service, Arbitrary file system read, Memory leak, Arbitrary Code Execution

10.Product: Adobe AnimateAdvisory/CVEs: APSB21-50, CVE-2021-28630, CVE-2021-28619, CVE-2021-28617, CVE-2021-28618, CVE-2021-28621, CVE-2021-28620, CVE-2021-28629, CVE-2021-28622Severity: CriticalImpact: Arbitrary file system read, Memory leak, Information Disclosure, Arbitrary code execution

In conclusion, these were the Adobe Security Updates of June 2021.

SanerNow VM and SanerNow PM detect these vulnerabilities and hence automatically fix them by applying security updates. Therefore, use SanerNow and keep your systems updated and secure.

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