Vulnerability in A Mennucc1 Printfilters-Ppd

CVE-2008-5034

master-filter in printfilters-ppd 2.13 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/filter.debug temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating 'this package does not have " possibility of attack with the help of symlinks"'

EPSS: 0.004 (29.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

A_mennucc1 Printfilters-ppd — versions 2.13
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)