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CVE-2008-0883

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Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40987

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2289

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0765/references

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019539

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28091

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0641.html

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-26.xml

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-02.html

http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/d8c48c63359fc807624182696d3d149c.html

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-240106-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/31352

http://secunia.com/advisories/31136

http://secunia.com/advisories/29425

http://secunia.com/advisories/29242

http://secunia.com/advisories/29229

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-03-06

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0006

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