CVE-2008-0883
LOW · CVSS 3.7EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.7 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.8% (56th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0890)
- Published
- March 6, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0890 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- adobe / acrobat reader
- suse / open suse
- suse / open suse
- suse / open suse
- suse / suse linux
- suse / suse linux
- suse / suse linux
- suse / suse linux
- suse / suse linux
- suse / suse linux
- suse / suse linux
- suse / suse linux
- suse / suse linux
- suse / suse linux desktop
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29229(Vendor Advisory)
- 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(Patch)
- 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
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019539
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0765/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2289
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40987
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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