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Adobe Acrobat: CVE-2018-15979: Security updates available for Adobe Acrobat and Reader (APSB18-40)

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Adobe Acrobat: CVE-2018-15979: Security updates available for Adobe Acrobat and Reader (APSB18-40)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/13/2018
Created
04/26/2024
Added
04/26/2024
Modified
10/16/2024

Description

Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows to resolve an important vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to an inadvertent leak of the user's hashed NTLM password. Proof-of-concept code for CVE-2018-15979 is publicly available.

Solution(s)

  • adobe-acrobat-upgrade-latest

References

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