CVE-2008-0883
N/A
Published: March 6, 2008 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:50 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAcrobat Reader· also runs on 3 platforms
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
suse-open-suse (environment) · suse-suse-linux (environment) · suse-suse-linux-desktop (environment)
Runs on — not affected
The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29229
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-240106-1
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/d8c48c63359fc807624182696d3d149c.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-26.xml
References (16)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29229Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
Source: [email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-240106-1x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/d8c48c63359fc807624182696d3d149c.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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