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CVE-2013-4472

Date: April 22, 2014

The openTempFile function in goo/gfile.cc in Xpdf and Poppler 0.24.3 and earlier, when running on a system other than Unix, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names.

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4472
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/183
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4472
http://poppler.freedesktop.org/releases.html
http://osvdb.org/99064
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/181
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-4472

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2

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