# CVE-2005-1841: The control for Adobe Reader 5.0.9 and 5.0.10 on Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX creates temporary files with the permissions as specified in

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-07-07 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The control for Adobe Reader 5.0.9 and 5.0.10 on Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX creates temporary files with the permissions as specified in a user's umask, which could allow local users to read PDF documents of that user if the umask allows it.

## What to do

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## References

- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-6/advisory/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14457
- http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/329121.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-575.html

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