CVE-2008-0883 : acroread in Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary

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.

Published 2008-03-06 00:44:00

Updated 2017-08-08 01:29:45

Source MITRE

View at NVD, CVE.org

Products affected by CVE-2008-0883

Adobe » Acrobat Reader » Version: 8.1.2
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions
When used together with: Suse » Open Suse » Version: 10.1
When used together with: Suse » Open Suse » Version: 10.2
When used together with: Suse » Open Suse » Version: 10.3
When used together with: Suse » Suse Linux » Version: 10 Enterprise Desktop Edition
When used together with: Suse » Suse Linux » Version: 10 Enterprise Server Edition
When used together with: Suse » Suse Linux » Version: 10 Update SP1 Enterprise Desktop Edition
When used together with: Suse » Suse Linux » Version: 10.0 PPC Edition
When used together with: Suse » Suse Linux » Version: 10.0 X86 Edition
When used together with: Suse » Suse Linux » Version: 10.0 X86 64 Edition
When used together with: Suse » Suse Linux » Version: 10.1 PPC Edition
When used together with: Suse » Suse Linux » Version: 10.1 X86 Edition
When used together with: Suse » Suse Linux » Version: 10.1 X86 64 Edition
When used together with: Suse » Suse Linux Desktop » Version: 10

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0883

EPSS FAQ

0.04%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 8 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-0883

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source	First Seen
3.7	LOW	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	1.9	6.4	NIST
Access Vector: Local Access Complexity: High Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Partial Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial

CWE ids for CVE-2008-0883

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2008-0883

Red Hat 2008-03-06

Red 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.

References for CVE-2008-0883

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-02.html
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/d8c48c63359fc807624182696d3d149c.html

Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019539
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0641.html

CVEs referencing this url
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2289

CVEs referencing this url
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-26.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28091
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html

[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:005 - openSUSE Security Announce - openSUSE Mailing Lists

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

CVEs referencing this url
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0765/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40987