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Erik Wallin

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Vulnerabilities · 1
PT-2009-3706
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2009-04-09
Gentoo · Xpdf · CVE-2009-1144
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions** Xpdf versions prior to 3.02-r2 **Description** The issue is related to an untrusted search path vulnerability in the Gentoo package of Xpdf. This vulnerability allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse xpdfrc file in the current working directory. The problem is connected to an unset SYSTEM XPDFRC macro in a Gentoo build process that utilizes the poppler library. **Recommendations** For Xpdf versions prior to 3.02-r2, update to version 3.02-r2 or later to resolve the issue.