cve-2008-5377
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-12-08 23:00
Modified
2024-08-07 10:49
Severity ?
Summary
pstopdf in CUPS 1.3.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/pstopdf.log temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1333.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://uvw.ru/report.sid.txtExploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7550
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txtExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7550
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