CVE-2008-0883

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-0883
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-06 00:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.7 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat update for acroread - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Adobe Reader for Linux Insecure Temporary Files - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:005 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Adobe Acrobat Reader: Insecure temporary file creation — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Security update for acroread af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.novell.com Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Adobe Acrobat Reader 'acroread' Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Sun Solaris Adobe Reader Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Adobe - Privilege escalation issue in Adobe Reader 8.1.2 for Unix af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.adobe.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Adobe Acrobat Temporary File Race Condition in 'acroread' Wrapper Script Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Gentoo update for acroread - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 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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