Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2009-5044
contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a pdf#####.tmp temporary file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (28.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X
- GNU Groff — versions 1.10, 1.11, 1.11a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/09/1 (mailing-list)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/10/2 (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/44999 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/36381 (vdb-entry)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4 (mailing-list)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5 (mailing-list)
- cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff…
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
- cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff (Patch)