CVE-2009-5078
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
02 Description
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
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
- 2.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 83.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- 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
- 2011-06-30 15:26Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-06-30
- 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
- d704ff6dded2b8a8d908cfd8a3a566e1f41779dcb2c9f156cd26bd5f0f918164
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
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538338
- www.securityfocus.com36381http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36381
- ftp.gnu.orgftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-1.20.1-1.21.diff.gz
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
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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