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Acrobat reader temporary files

Package(s):

acroread

CVE #(s):

Created:

July 8, 2002

Updated:

July 10, 2002

Description:

There is a symlink attack vulnerability in Acrobat Reader 5.05. Acroread uses a file it creates with wide open permissions (mode 666) in /tmp; it also follows symlinks.

See the report of the bug in Acrobat Reader 5.05 for the details. The problem has also been reported in version 4.05.

Alerts:

Gentoo

acroread-20020707

2002-07-07

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