Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
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User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Network
0

CVE-2009-5078

Disclosure Date: June 30, 2011
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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.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
6.5 Medium
Impact Score:
2.5
Exploitability Score:
3.9
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
Low
Availability (A):
Low

General Information

Vendors

  • apple,
  • gnu

Products

  • groff,
  • groff 1.10,
  • groff 1.11,
  • groff 1.11a,
  • groff 1.14,
  • groff 1.15,
  • groff 1.16,
  • groff 1.16.1,
  • groff 1.17.1,
  • groff 1.17.2,
  • groff 1.18.1,
  • groff 1.19,
  • groff 1.19.1,
  • groff 1.19.2,
  • groff 1.20,
  • mac os x
Technical Analysis