CVE-2005-1841

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-07-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The control for Adobe Reader 5.0.9 and 5.0.10 on Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX creates temporary files with the permissions as specified in a user's umask, which could allow local users to read PDF documents of that user if the umask allows it.

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat Reader: 5.0.9, 5.0.10

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/14457
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-6/advisory/
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/329121.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-575.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/14457
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-6/advisory/
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/329121.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-575.html

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