THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-4815
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-4815

Unix vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
7.8%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Unix
Affected product
Unix
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2008-11-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-4815

  • Confirm whether Unix Unix is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-4815.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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