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Fencer Vulns
low 3.7

CVE-2008-0883 json

acroread in Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files related to S…

published 2008-03-06 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0890

cvss
3.7
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • acroread RHEL 3 EXTRAS 8.1.2.SU1-2
  • acroread RHEL 4 EXTRAS 8.1.2.SU1-2.el4
  • acroread RHEL 5 EXTRAS 8.1.2.SU1-2.el5
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 3 EXTRAS 8.1.2.SU1-2
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 4 EXTRAS 8.1.2.SU1-2.el4
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 5 EXTRAS 8.1.2.SU1-2.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0641

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-0883 updated

acroread: insecure handling of temporary files

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras acroread 8.1.2.SU1-2, acroread-plugin 8.1.2.SU1-2 Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras acroread 8.1.2.SU1-2.el4, acroread-plugin 8.1.2.SU1-2.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras acroread 8.1.2.SU1-2, acroread-plugin 8.1.2.SU1-2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras acroread 8.1.2.SU1-2.el4, acroread-plugin 8.1.2.SU1-2.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) acroread 8.1.2.SU1-2.el5, acroread-plugin 8.1.2.SU1-2.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras acroread 8.1.2.SU1-2, acroread-plugin 8.1.2.SU1-2
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras acroread 8.1.2.SU1-2.el4, acroread-plugin 8.1.2.SU1-2.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) acroread 8.1.2.SU1-2.el5, acroread-plugin 8.1.2.SU1-2.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras acroread 8.1.2.SU1-2, acroread-plugin 8.1.2.SU1-2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras acroread 8.1.2.SU1-2.el4, acroread-plugin 8.1.2.SU1-2.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0641

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Exploit prediction

0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.7 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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