Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader
CVE-2002-1764
acroread in Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.05 on Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Adobe Acrobat Reader — versions 4.0.5
References
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/277932 (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/5068 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9407 (vdb-entry)