CVE-2008-5843

N/A

Description

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in pdfjam allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in (1) the current working directory or (2) /var/tmp, related to the (a) pdf90, (b) pdfjoin, and (c) pdfnup scripts.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published1/5/2009

Last Modified4/23/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

pdfjam:pdfjam

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/28/3(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/34312(cve@mitre.org)

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252734(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00484.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00488.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/28/3(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/34312(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252734(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00484.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00488.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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