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CVE-2008-4815 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469882	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32700	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32872	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46335	CVE
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32100	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140	CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098	CVE
http://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1019937.1.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469882	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32700	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32872	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46335	[email protected]
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0974.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32100	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021140	[email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-309A.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3001	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0098	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
unix unix	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:unix:unix:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
adobe acrobat	<= 8.1.2 8.1.1 8.1.1 unknown
CPE cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat::unknown:3d::::: cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat::unknown:professional::::: cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat::unknown:standard::::: cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.1:unknown:3d:::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.1:unknown:professional:::::* cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.1:unknown:standard:::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
adobe acrobat reader	<= 8.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 30, 2018	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 5, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

CVE-2008-4815 Details

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