Adobe Acrobat Security Vulnerabilities Allow Root Privileges on Mac, Update Now
Tencent security researcher Yuebin Sun today disclosed three security vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat Reader for Mac that could allow an attacker to gain root privileges and access sensitive user data.
Adobe patched the vulnerabilities in an update to Acrobat this week, so make sure you are running version 2020.009.20063 or later by opening the app and navigating to Help > Check for Updates.
Adobe has shared a security bulletin with more details.
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