World-writable permissions in libCoolType library of Adobe Acrobat on Linux

CVE-2001-1069 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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