The May 2018 Patch Tuesday update from Adobe addresses 5 vulnerabilities, including 1 for Flash Player, 3 for Creative Cloud Desktop applications (which includes launching Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and other Creative Cloud applications), and 1 vulnerability in Connect, Adobe's web conferencing solution.
Adobe releases Patch Tuesday updates to fix issues for Flash Player, Creative Cloud, Connect
As of now, the most critical vulnerability lies within Flash Player, allowing attackers to execute code on users' computers. The good news is recent reports confirm none of these vulnerabilities have been exploited in the wild.
Summary of Adobe's security update
Security update APSB18-16 is available for Adobe Flash Player
Adobe has released a security update for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and Chrome OS. These updates address critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player 29.0.0.140 and earlier versions. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. The latest version of Adobe Flash Player is 29.0.0.171. You can download Flash Player from here
Security update APSB18-12 is available for Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop application
Adobe has released a security update for Creative Cloud Desktop application for Windows and Mac OS. This update addresses certain vulnerabilities in certificate validation used by the Creative Cloud desktop application (CVE-2018-4991), and improperly handled input validation (CVE-2018-4992) that could lead to privilege escalation. The latest version of Creative Cloud Desktop is 4.5.0.331. Download Creative Cloud from here.
Security update APSB18-18 is available for Adobe Connect
This vulnerability bypasses critical authentication (CVE-2018-4994) existing in Adobe Connect versions 9.7.5 and earlier. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to leakage of sensitive information. The latest version of Adobe Connect is 9.7.5, download Adobe Connect from here.
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