PYSEC-2026-886

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-06 08:03 - Updated: 2026-07-06 08:03
VLAI
Details

ocrodjvu 0.4.6-1 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are generated when Cuneiform is invoked as the OCR engine.

Impacted products
Name purl
ocrodjvu pkg:pypi/ocrodjvu

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "ocrodjvu",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/ocrodjvu"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0.4.6-1"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.4.6-2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.4.6-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2010-4338",
    "GHSA-5pjj-7m4p-wfh2"
  ],
  "details": "ocrodjvu 0.4.6-1 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are generated when Cuneiform is invoked as the OCR engine.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-886",
  "modified": "2026-07-06T08:03:24.901826Z",
  "published": "2026-07-06T08:03:24.901826Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4338"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64892"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/jwilk-archive/ocrodjvu"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200229160520/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45234"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598134"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/ocrodjvu"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5pjj-7m4p-wfh2"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "ocrodjvu is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Modification via symlink attack"
}



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