acroread: insecure handling of temporary files
Published Mar 6, 2008
3.7
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.77%
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
No data.
Running on/with
- 10.1
- 10.2
- 10.3
- 10
- 10
- 10
- 10.0
- 10.0
- 10.0
- 10.1
- 10.1
- 10.1
- 10
- 8.1.2
No data.
Extras for RHEL 3
acroread-0:8.1.2.SU1-2
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0641
Extras for RHEL 4
acroread-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0641
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
acroread-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0641
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extras for RHEL 3 | acroread-0:8.1.2.SU1-2 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0641 |
| Extras for RHEL 4 | acroread-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0641 |
| Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | acroread-0:8.1.2.SU1-2.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0641 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
The Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.77% (0.00770) | 54.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.77% (0.00770) | 50.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 15.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 12.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 18, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (20)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29229 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29242 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29425 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31136 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31352 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-240106-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/d8c48c63359fc807624182696d3d149c.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-02.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-26.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0641.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28091 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019539 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0765/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2289 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0883 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436263 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40987 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0883
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0883
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