CVE-2008-4815
First published: Tue Nov 04 2008(Updated: )
Adobe Reader was built to use insecure RPATH in the binary. This issue could possibly be exploited by a local attacker to run arbitrary code as some other user if victim user can be convinced to run Adobe Reader in an attacker controlled directory with specially crafted content.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Unix Unix | ||
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | <=8.1.2 | |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | <=8.1.2 | |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | <=8.1.2 | |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.1 | |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.1-unknown | |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.1-unknown | |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | =8.1.1-unknown | |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | <=8.0 |
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Reference Links
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469882
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32100
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32872
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32700
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140
- http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46335
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html
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