Adobe Illustrator CVE-2019-7962 DLL Loading Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description

Adobe Illustrator is prone to a privilege-escalation vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges. Adobe Illustrator CC version 23.1 and prior are vulnerable.

Technologies Affected

• Adobe Illustrator CC 19
• Adobe Illustrator CC 21
• Adobe Illustrator CC 22
• Adobe Illustrator CC 23.1

Recommendations

Deploy network intrusion detection systems to monitor network traffic for malicious activity.
Deploy NIDS to monitor network traffic for signs of anomalous or suspicious activity. This may indicate exploit attempts or activity that results from successful exploits.

Run all software as a nonprivileged user with minimal access rights.
To reduce the impact of latent vulnerabilities, always run nonadministrative software as an unprivileged user with minimal access rights.

Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.