Vulnerability in Glyph And Cog Pdftops
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, which is created when pdftops reads a PDF file from stdin, such as when pdftops is invoked by CUPS.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (40.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/28113 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/28200 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-563-1 (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-14.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26919 (vdb-entry)
- www.cups.org/articles.php
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1437 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/28386 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/42029 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2007-6358?
- CVE-2007-6358 is a vulnerability in Glyph And Cog Pdftops. Published 2007-12-15.
- Is CVE-2007-6358 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.