CVE-2008-5843 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in pdfjam allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in (1) the current working directory or (2) /var/tmp, related to the (a) pdf90, (b) pdfjoin, and (c) pdfnup scripts.

Published: 2009-01-05

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pdfjam:pdfjam:_nil_:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-5813	Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in pdfjam allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in (1) the current working directory or (2) /var/tmp, related to the (a) pdf90, (b) pdfjoin, and (c) pdfnup scripts.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00342.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/28/3
http://secunia.com/advisories/34312
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252734
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00484.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00488.html

History

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Subscriptions

Pdfjam Pdfjam

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-01-05T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:04:44.601Z

Reserved: 2009-01-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5843

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-01-05T20:30:02.280

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:01:05.307

Link: CVE-2008-5843

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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