CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-5743

6.9 MEDIUM Published 2008-12-26 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-12-26
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

pdfjam creates the (1) pdf90, (2) pdfjoin, and (3) pdfnup files with a predictable name, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Affected configurations

• pdfjam pdfjam nil

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References