CVE-2002-1764: Adobe Acrobat Reader

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

acroread in Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.05 on Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat Reader: version 4.0.5 only

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.