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CVE-2009-5078

Date: June 30, 2011

contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete arbitrary files via a crafted document.

Language: SHELL

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/10/2
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-1.20.1-1.21.diff.gz
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5078
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538338
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/09/1
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36381
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-5078

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Security Features

CWE-254

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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