CVE-2008-0883 Information

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.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html http://secunia.com/advisories/29229 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 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