CVE-2008-5843
N/A
Published: January 5, 2009 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:01 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPdfjam
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
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.
Remediation
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References (5)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/28/3Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00484.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00488.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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