CVE-2001-1069 Misconfiguration in n/a

What is CVE-2001-1069?

CVE-2001-1069 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader, published on 1 Sep 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

libCoolType library as used in Adobe Acrobat (acroread) on Linux creates the AdobeFnt.lst file with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to modify the file and possibly modify acroread's behavior.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1069?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Adobe Acrobat Reader.

How do I fix CVE-2001-1069?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-1069 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2001-1069 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-1069 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat Reader

• CVE-2009-0927 Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2014-0511 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2014-0512 Security feature bypass in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-1152 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-1153 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Adobe Acrobat Reader vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-9v8p-6wf5-jgwg.