CVE-2008-4815

high

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2 and earlier on Unix and Linux allows attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan Horse program in an unspecified directory that is associated with an insecure RPATH.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46335

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-4794

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469882

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32100

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/32872

http://secunia.com/advisories/32700

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html

http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-11-05

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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