CVE-2008-0883 (GCVE-0-2008-0883)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-03-06 00:00
Modified
2024-08-07 08:01
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
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.
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