Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader
CVE-2008-0883
acroread in Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files related to SSL certificate handling.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (55.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Adobe Acrobat Reader — versions 8.1.2
- SUSE Open — versions 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
- SUSE Linux — versions 10, 10.0, 10.1
- SUSE Linux Desktop — versions 10
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2289 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28091 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/29242 (third-party-advisory)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-26.xml (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/29425 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/31352 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/29229 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory)
- www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-02.html