CVE-2001-1069: Adobe Acrobat Reader

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat Reader: version 4.0.5 only

Published 2001-08-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.