CVE-2007-6358
N/A
Published: December 15, 2007 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:47 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPdftops
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
pdftops.pl before 1.20 in alternate pdftops filter allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the pdfin.[PID].tmp temporary file, which is created when pdftops reads a PDF file from stdin, such as when pdftops is invoked by CUPS.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 1.1.19rc1
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (11)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28113Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28139Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28200Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28386Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1437Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-14.xmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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