CVE-2008-0883

acroread: insecure handling of temporary files

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

acroread en Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 permite a usuarios locales sobrescribir ficheros de su elección mediante un ataque de enlaces simbólicos en ficheros temporales relativos al manejo de certificados SSL.

SUSE reported that the acroread wrapper script does not create temporary files in a secure manner when handling SSL certificates (CVE-2008-0883). Versions less than 8.1.2-r1 are affected.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-02-21 CVE Reserved
2008-03-06 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-04-26 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CAPEC

References (18)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/29242	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29425	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31136	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31352	Third Party Advisory
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-02.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28091	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019539	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0765/references	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2289	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40987	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/d8c48c63359fc807624182696d3d149c.html	2017-08-08

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html	2017-08-08
http://secunia.com/advisories/29229	2017-08-08
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-240106-1	2017-08-08
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-26.xml	2017-08-08
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0641.html	2017-08-08
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0883	2008-07-21
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436263	2008-07-21

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	8.1.2 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.1.2"	-	Affected	in	Suse Search vendor "Suse"	Open Suse Search vendor "Suse" for product "Open Suse"	10.1 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Open Suse" and version "10.1"	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	8.1.2 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.1.2"	-	Affected	in	Suse Search vendor "Suse"	Open Suse Search vendor "Suse" for product "Open Suse"	10.2 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Open Suse" and version "10.2"	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	8.1.2 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.1.2"	-	Affected	in	Suse Search vendor "Suse"	Open Suse Search vendor "Suse" for product "Open Suse"	10.3 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Open Suse" and version "10.3"	-	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	8.1.2 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.1.2"	-	Affected	in	Suse Search vendor "Suse"	Suse Linux Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux"	10 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" and version "10"	enterprise_desktop	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	8.1.2 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.1.2"	-	Affected	in	Suse Search vendor "Suse"	Suse Linux Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux"	10 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" and version "10"	enterprise_server	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	8.1.2 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.1.2"	-	Affected	in	Suse Search vendor "Suse"	Suse Linux Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux"	10 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" and version "10"	sp1, enterprise_desktop	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	8.1.2 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.1.2"	-	Affected	in	Suse Search vendor "Suse"	Suse Linux Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux"	10.0 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" and version "10.0"	ppc	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	8.1.2 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.1.2"	-	Affected	in	Suse Search vendor "Suse"	Suse Linux Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux"	10.0 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" and version "10.0"	x86	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	8.1.2 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.1.2"	-	Affected	in	Suse Search vendor "Suse"	Suse Linux Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux"	10.0 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" and version "10.0"	x86_64	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	8.1.2 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.1.2"	-	Affected	in	Suse Search vendor "Suse"	Suse Linux Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux"	10.1 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" and version "10.1"	ppc	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	8.1.2 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.1.2"	-	Affected	in	Suse Search vendor "Suse"	Suse Linux Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux"	10.1 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" and version "10.1"	x86	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	8.1.2 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.1.2"	-	Affected	in	Suse Search vendor "Suse"	Suse Linux Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux"	10.1 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux" and version "10.1"	x86_64	Safe
Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	8.1.2 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "8.1.2"	-	Affected	in	Suse Search vendor "Suse"	Suse Linux Desktop Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux Desktop"	10 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Suse Linux Desktop" and version "10"	-	Safe