CVE-2008-5843 - Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in pdfjam allow local users to gain privileges via a

CVE-2008-5843

Summary

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.

References

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

Vulnerable Configurations

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

CVSS

Base:	4.6 (as of 20-03-2009 - 05:52)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
LOCAL	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
PARTIAL	PARTIAL	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

refmap via4

confirm	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252734
fedora	FEDORA-2009-2651 FEDORA-2009-2655
mlist	[oss-security] 20081228 Re: CVE request - pdfjam
secunia	34312

Last major update

20-03-2009 - 05:52

Published

05-01-2009 - 20:30

Last modified

20-03-2009 - 05:52