Medium severity · published Jun 30, 2011
CVE-2009-5078
contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite,…
6.5
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete arbitrary files via a crafted document.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GR
Groff · Gnu
through 1.20.1; 1.10; 1.11; 1.11a; 1.14; 1.15; +9 more · source: NVD
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
through 10.10.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5078
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-5078
bugs.debian.org
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538338
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/09/1
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/10/2
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36381
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