CVE-2013-4472

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-59 Link Following

Publication date:

22/04/2014

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

The openTempFile function in goo/gfile.cc in Xpdf and Poppler 0.24.3 and earlier, when running on a system other than Unix, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names.

Impact

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 3.30 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0

3.30

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler::::::::		0.24.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.24.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.24.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.24.2:::::::*

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CVE-2013-4472

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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