National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4816
Original release date:11/05/2008
Last revised:12/03/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Unspecified vulnerability in the Download Manager in Adobe Reader 8.1.2 and earlier on Windows allows remote attackers to change Internet Security options on a client machine via unknown vectors.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-309A
Name: TA08-309A
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-3001
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32872
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2008:026