Patch intelligence record
Adobe Acrobat Reader 15.020.20042
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Current reports mention install/update failure in deployment, crash or launch failure in application stability.
Too few reports for a firm verdict yet — treat this as early evidence.
- Accepted reports
- 4
- Latest evidence run
- Sep 9, 2026
- Healthy sources
- 0 fresh (success / no reports) · need 2
- adobe community algolia search Completed last checked Sep 9, 2026
- adobe community search Source request was blocked last checked Sep 1, 2026
- Reddit Source request was blocked last checked Sep 1, 2026
Monitoring reflects community-evidence collection health for this exact release — an absence of reports is not a safety guarantee, and this is separate from the AUXSAYS verdict.
Vendor Known Issues — No vendor-known issue data captured for this patch.
AUXSAYS has not captured official issue data for this patch. This does not indicate the vendor has no issues. Not counted as community reports.
Official Patch Notes — vendor release notes captured from the official source
Adobe Acrobat Reader 15.020.20042 (Continuous track, Windows, macOS). Release date 2016-11-03. Official Adobe Acrobat release note; applies to Adobe Acrobat Reader + Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Adobe Acrobat Reader in these notes: .
Adobe Acrobat Reader 15.020.20042 (Continuous track, Windows, macOS). Release date 2016-11-03. Official Adobe Acrobat release note; applies to Adobe Acrobat Reader + Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Technical Details
- Released
- Nov 3, 2016
- File size
- Official source checked
- Aug 2, 2026
- Official notes checked
- Aug 2, 2026
Checksum
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User Reports / Sources (4)
User report sources used for the current read.
- Adobe Community. (2016, December 27). Acrobat Reader DC crashes when attempting to search the document. adobe community bug report Issue: crash or launch failure in application stability Workflow: application stability
- Adobe Community. (2017, March 15). App-V 5 package for Reader DC - RdrCEF stopped working, InPageError. adobe community bug report Issue: install/update failure in deployment Workflow: deployment
- Adobe Community. (2016, December 8). Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Automatically Installing on Computers?. adobe community bug report Issue: install/update failure in deployment Workflow: deployment
- Adobe Community. (2016, November 4). Creating AIP for Acrobat DC 1502020042. adobe community bug report Issue: install/update failure in deployment Workflow: deployment
Official sources
- Adobe. (2016, November 3). Adobe Acrobat release notes.release notes
- Adobe. (2016, November 3). Adobe Acrobat security bulletins.security advisory
- Adobe. Download page.download