CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-1962

4.4 MEDIUM Published 2009-06-08 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-06-08
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

Xfig, possibly 3.2.5, allows local users to read and write arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) xfig-eps[PID], (2) xfig-pic[PID].pix, (3) xfig-pic[PID].err, (4) xfig-pcx[PID].pix, (5) xfig-xfigrc[PID], (6) xfig[PID], (7) xfig-print[PID], (8) xfig-export[PID].err, (9) xfig-batch[PID], (10) xfig-exp[PID], or (11) xfig-spell.[PID] temporary files, where [PID] is a process ID.

Affected configurations

• xfig xfig 3.2.5 • debian debian linux 4.0 • debian debian linux 5.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References