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CVE-2009-5080

CVE information

Published

12 years ago

Last Modified

4 months ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

Impact Analysis

Description

The (1) contrib/eqn2graph/eqn2graph.sh, (2) contrib/grap2graph/grap2graph.sh, and (3) contrib/pic2graph/pic2graph.sh scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier do not properly handle certain failed attempts to create temporary directories, which might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in a temporary directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1296..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Low
Base Score
3.3/10
Exploit Score
3.4/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
4.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.11a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -