CVE-2007-6358
Published Dec 15, 2007
Last updated 7 years ago
Overview
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.9
- Impact score
- 6.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Vendor comments
- Red HatNot vulnerable. Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 2.1, 3, 4 and 5 do not ship with the alternate pdftops.pl CUPS printing filter that is affected by this flaw.
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:glyph_and_cog:pdftops:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "9DDD0383-AED5-4597-B52E-53F805DC1578",
"versionEndIncluding": "1.1.19rc1"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]