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Status published
Medium
CVE-2007-6358
pdftops.pl before 1.20 in alternate pdftops filter allows local users...
Vulnerability 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 Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28113
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28200
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-563-1
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201042
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-14.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26919
- http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L515
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1437
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28386
- http://osvdb.org/42029
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28139
Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
pdftops
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 15th, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.