CVE-2007-6358
pdftops.pl before 1.20 in alternate pdftops filter allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the pdfin.[PID].tmp temporary file, which is created when pdftops reads a PDF
02 Description
pdftops.pl before 1.20 in alternate pdftops filter allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the pdfin.[PID].tmp temporary file, which is created when pdftops reads a PDF
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 40.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-12-15 01:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 16:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-12-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 40b06f0b3f232249e6e0e95923632a085eb4fb8e6c267a0cb3860c3fb055e3ff
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com28113http://secunia.com/advisories/28113
- secunia.com28200http://secunia.com/advisories/28200
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-563-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-563-1
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201042
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200712-14http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-14.xml
- www.securityfocus.com26919http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26919
- www.cups.orghttp://www.cups.org/articles.php?L515
- www.debian.orgDSA-1437http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1437
- secunia.com28386http://secunia.com/advisories/28386
- osvdb.org42029http://osvdb.org/42029
- secunia.com28139http://secunia.com/advisories/28139
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cups Fixed in 1.3.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cups Fixed in 1.3.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cups Fixed in 1.3.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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