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CVE-2009-1962

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
08/06/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Xfig, possibly 3.2.5, allows local users to read and write arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) xfig-eps[PID], (2) xfig-pic[PID].pix, (3) xfig-pic[PID].err, (4) xfig-pcx[PID].pix, (5) xfig-xfigrc[PID], (6) xfig[PID], (7) xfig-print[PID], (8) xfig-export[PID].err, (9) xfig-batch[PID], (10) xfig-exp[PID], or (11) xfig-spell.[PID] temporary files, where [PID] is a process ID.

Impact

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

Base Score: 4.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0
4.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:xfig:xfig:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:arm:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:hppa:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:ia-32:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:ia-64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:m68k:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:mips:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:mipsel:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:powerpc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:s\/390:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:*

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