PT-2008-6793 · Pdfjam · Pdfjam

Published 2008-12-26 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-5743

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions pdfjam (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack because pdfjam creates files with predictable names, specifically the pdf90, pdfjoin, and pdfnup files.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5743

Affected Products

Pdfjam

References · 9

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/19/3 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459031 · Exploit
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00484.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5743 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00488.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34312 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47519 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33278 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32931 · Note