CVE-2008-5331

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

Adobe Acrobat 9 uses more efficient encryption than previous versions, which makes it easier for attackers to guess a document's password via a brute-force attack.

Adobe Acrobat 9 uses more efficient encryption than previous versions, which makes it easier for attackers to guess a document's password via a brute-force attack.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 16 years ago

2008-12-05 00:30:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-12-05 05:00:00

Affected Software

Adobe Acrobat 9

9

References

http://blogs.adobe.com/security/2008/12/acrobat_9_and_password_encrypt.html

http://www.elcomsoft.com/PR/apdfpr_081126_en.pdf

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