17615 : Adobe Reader for Linux Temp File Permission Weakness Arbitrary Document Disclosure
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
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Timeline

Discovery Date	Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date	Vendor Solution Date
2005-05-11	2005-05-11	2005-05-11	2005-06-29	2005-06-29	2005-06-29

Time to Patch	Time to Exploit
49 days	49 days

Description

Adobe Reader for Linux contains a flaw that may lead to an unauthorized information disclosure. The issue is triggered when opening documents as temporary copies are created insecurely, which will disclose document contents to a local attacker.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Information Disclosure
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure

Solution

Upgrade to version 7.0 for Linux or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Adobe Systems Incorporated

Adobe Reader for Linux

5.0.10

References

Security Tracker: 1014391
Secunia Advisory ID: 14457 16015
CVE ID: 2005-1841 (see also: NVD)
Other Advisory URL: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-6/advisory/
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2005:575

Tools & Filters

	18657 18844

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Carsten H. Eiram - Secunia Research

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-07-07 | Disagree?

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