CVE-2009-5044
contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a pdf#####.tmp temporary file.
02 Description
contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a pdf#####.tmp temporary file.
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
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.0% 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
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2011-06-24 20:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-01-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 00e9f9170b0983ab15b63161480bff4e5356a2add7ac88c4c2ad7769bc36f8aa
05 Affected products
06 References
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20090809 CVE id request: groff (pdfroff)http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/09/1
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20090810 Re: CVE id request: groff (pdfroff)http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/10/2
- secunia.com44999http://secunia.com/advisories/44999
- www.securityfocus.com36381http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36381
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20090814 Re: CVE id request: groff (pdfroff)http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20090814 Re: CVE id request: groff (pdfroff)http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5
- cvsweb.openwall.comhttp://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff.diff?r1=1.1%3Br2=1.2%3Bf=h
- ftp.gnu.orgftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-1.20.1-1.21.diff.gz
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:085http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:085
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
- cvsweb.openwall.comhttp://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538330
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:086http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:086
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- groff Fixed in 1.20.1-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- groff Fixed in 1.20.1-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- groff Fixed in 1.20.1-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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