Back
CVE-2008-0883
acroread in Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files related to…
Low3.7EPSS 0.77%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.7 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.77% · top 44% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (16)
- ADV-2008-2289 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 28091 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 29242 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200803-26 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 29425 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31352 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29229 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 240106 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-02.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- adobe-reader-acroread-symlink(40987) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0641 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1019539 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/d8c48c63359fc807624182696d3d149c.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31136 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0765 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2008-0883)Record last updated .