CVE-2013-4472 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

32%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

81%

The openTempFile function in goo/gfile.cc in Xpdf and Poppler 0.24.3 and earlier, when running on a system other than Unix, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names.

The openTempFile function in goo/gfile.cc in Xpdf and Poppler 0.24.3 and earlier, when running on a system other than Unix, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2014-04-22 14:23:00

Last updated 10 years ago

2014-04-23 12:20:00

Affected Software

freedesktop Poppler 0.24.0

0.24.0

freedesktop Poppler 0.24.1

0.24.1

freedesktop Poppler 0.24.2

0.24.2

freedesktop Poppler

References

99064

http://poppler.freedesktop.org/releases.html

[oss-security] 20131026 CVE request: 3 vulnerabilities in poppler and 1 in Xpdf

[oss-security] 20131028 Re: CVE request: 3 vulnerabilities in poppler and 1 in Xpdf

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