CVE-2007-6358

published 2007-12-15

CVE-2007-6358: 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…

medium 4.9 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L Au N C N I C A N

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.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	cups	>= 0 < 1.3.5-1	1.3.5-1
apple	cups	>= 0 < 1.3.5-1	1.3.5-1
apple	cups	>= 0 < 1.3.5-1	1.3.5-1
apple	cups	>= 0 < 1.3.5-1	1.3.5-1
debian	cups	< cups 1.3.5-1 (bookworm)	cups 1.3.5-1 (bookworm)
glyph_and_cog	pdftops	<= 1.1.19rc1	—

CVSS provenance

nvd 4.9 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

osv 4.9 MEDIUM