CVE-2008-5843 (GCVE-0-2008-5843)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-05 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:04
VLAI
Summary
Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in pdfjam allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in (1) the current working directory or (2) /var/tmp, related to the (a) pdf90, (b) pdfjoin, and (c) pdfnup scripts.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252734 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/34312 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/28/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2008-12-28 00:00
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