CVE-2008-5843

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Published Jan 5, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pdfjam:pdfjam:_nil_:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-5813	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.342% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/28/3
http://secunia.com/advisories/34312
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252734
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00484.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00488.html

History

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Subscriptions

Pdfjam Pdfjam

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:04 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 5, 2009, 8:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:04 AM
Reserved: Jan 5, 2009, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:01 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 5, 2009, 8:30 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:01 PM

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