CVE-2009-5044 (GCVE-0-2009-5044)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-06-24 20:00
Modified
2024-08-07 07:24
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a pdf#####.tmp temporary file.
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