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CVE-2008-5743

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2009-01-11 pdfjam -- insecure temporary files

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2008-5743
Phase Assigned(20081226)

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.

References

Source Reference
MLIST [oss-security] 20081219 CVE request - pdfjam
MISC https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459031
FEDORA FEDORA-2009-2651
FEDORA FEDORA-2009-2655
BID 32931
SECUNIA 33278
SECUNIA 34312
XF pdfjam-pdf90-pdfjoin-pdfnup-symlink(47519)