CVE-2004-1598 Path traversal in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can read arbitrary files by tricking users into opening a malicious PDF containing an embedded Shockwave file.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2004-1598?

CVE-2004-1598 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat, published on 20 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader 6.0 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a PDF file that contains an embedded Shockwave (swf) file that references files outside of the temporary directory.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1598?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader.

How do I fix CVE-2004-1598?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1598 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2004-1598 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Adobe Acrobat vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7v39-48jj-rjrh.

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