CVE-2008-0883

Severity: low (CVSS 3.7 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-03-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

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 products

Adobe Acrobat Reader: 8.1.2

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29229
http://secunia.com/advisories/29242
http://secunia.com/advisories/29425
http://secunia.com/advisories/31136
http://secunia.com/advisories/31352
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-240106-1
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/d8c48c63359fc807624182696d3d149c.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-02.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-26.xml
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0641.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28091

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