CVE-2007-6358 | BDVDB-2026-28199 Detail
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 file from stdin, such as when pdftops is invoked by CUPS.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28113
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28200
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-563-1
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201042
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-14.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26919
- http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L515
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1437
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28386
- http://osvdb.org/42029
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28139
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.