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CVE-2008-4815

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2 and earlier on Unix and...

7.5 High

CVE-2008-4815 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Adobe Acrobat, published November 5, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 29.1%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
7.5 HighCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
29.1%EPSS, 98th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

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.

Exploit likelihood

29.1%Up 26.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
acroread
Red Hat:rhel_extras:3
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:8.1.3-1
0:8.1.3-1
acroread-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:3
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:8.1.3-1
0:8.1.3-1
acroread
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:8.1.3-1.el4
0:8.1.3-1.el4
acroread-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:4
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:8.1.3-1.el4
0:8.1.3-1.el4
acroread
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:8.1.3-1.el5
0:8.1.3-1.el5
acroread-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:8.1.3-1.el5
0:8.1.3-1.el5
acroread
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:8.1.3-1.el5
0:8.1.3-1.el5
acroread-plugin
Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:8.1.3-1.el5
0:8.1.3-1.el5

What each source reports

NVD Score used7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2008-4815
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-264
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

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.

Record
CVE-2008-4815
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-4794No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2008-4794
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qxh6-vf7m-96cvNo score

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2 and earlier on Unix and...

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.

Record
GHSA-qxh6-vf7m-96cv
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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