CVE-2008-0883

Summary

CVECVE-2008-0883
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-06 00:44:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-08 01:29:00 UTC
Descriptionacroread 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 All All All
Application Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Open Suse 10.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Open Suse 10.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Open Suse 10.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Open Suse 10.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Open Suse 10.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Open Suse 10.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10 All enterprise_desktop All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10 sp1 enterprise_desktop All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.0 All ppc All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.0 All x86 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.1 All ppc All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.1 All x86 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.1 All x86_64 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10 All enterprise_desktop All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10 sp1 enterprise_desktop All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.0 All ppc All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.0 All x86 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.1 All ppc All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.1 All x86 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 10.1 All x86_64 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Desktop 10 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Desktop 10 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Adobe Acrobat Reader: Insecure temporary file creation — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO www.gentoo.org
Sun Solaris Adobe Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:005 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Adobe - Privilege escalation issue in Adobe Reader 8.1.2 for Unix CONFIRM www.adobe.com
Adobe Acrobat Reader 'acroread' Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo update for acroread - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Security update for acroread CONFIRM support.novell.com Patch
240106 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
Adobe Reader for Linux Insecure Temporary Files - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Adobe Acrobat Temporary File Race Condition in 'acroread' Wrapper Script Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Red Hat update for acroread - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-03-06Mark J CoxRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-0883 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.
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