CVE-2008-4815
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-11-05 14:51
Modified
2024-08-07 10:31
Severity ?
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2 and earlier on Unix and Linux allows attackers to gain privileges via a Trojan Horse program in an unspecified directory that is associated with an insecure RPATH.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32700
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32872
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32100
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.htmlUS Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469882
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46335
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32700
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32872
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32100
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.htmlUS Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469882
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46335
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