Adobe Acrobat Reader Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

BID:5068

Info

Adobe Acrobat Reader Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5068
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 20 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 20 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Credited to Jarno Huuskonen <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Adobe Acrobat Reader (UNIX) 4.0 5
- Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1
- Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1
- Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1
- Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1
- Debian Linux 2.2
- Debian Linux 2.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
- Redhat Linux 7.1
- Redhat Linux 7.1
- Redhat Linux 7.0
- Redhat Linux 7.0
- Slackware Linux 8.0
- Slackware Linux 7.1
- Slackware Linux 7.1
- Slackware Linux 7.0
- Slackware Linux 7.0
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 2.6
- Sun Solaris 2.6
- SuSE Linux 7.2
- SuSE Linux 7.2
- SuSE Linux 7.1
- SuSE Linux 7.1
- SuSE Linux 7.0
- SuSE Linux 7.0
Not Vulnerable: Adobe Acrobat Reader (UNIX) 5.0 5
- Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1
- Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1
- Debian Linux 2.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
- Redhat Linux 7.3
- Redhat Linux 7.1
- Redhat Linux 7.0
- Slackware Linux 8.0
- Slackware Linux 7.1
- Slackware Linux 7.0
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 2.6
- SuSE Linux 8.0
- SuSE Linux 7.1

Exploit / POC

Adobe Acrobat Reader Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

Adobe Acrobat Reader Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
Upgrade to latest version of Adobe Acrobat to eliminate vulnerabilities found in earlier versions. Users are encouraged to upgrade to at least version 5.05.

Adobe Acrobat is freely available for download from URL:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/alternate.html

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