CVE-2008-4815 — Adobe Acrobat vulnerability

CWE-2645 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
8.2%
top 7.76%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Adobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat Reader
Timeline
PublishedNov 5
Latest updateFeb 11

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDadobe/acrobat8.1.2+1

Patches

Patch: www.adobe.com ↗Patch: www.adobe.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-qxh6-vf7m-96cv: Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8↗2022-05-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
Reader: insecure RPATH flaw↗2008-11-04
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
Integrating Network and Attack Graphs for Service-Centric Impact Analysis↗2026-02-11
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-4815 Adobe Reader: insecure RPATH flaw↗2008-11-04
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