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CVE-2007-6358

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
15/12/2007
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

pdftops.pl before 1.20 in alternate pdftops filter allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the pdfin.[PID].tmp temporary file, which is created when pdftops reads a PDF file from stdin, such as when pdftops is invoked by CUPS.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:glyph_and_cog:pdftops:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.1.19rc1 (including)

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