CVE-2009-5078
N/A
Published: June 30, 2011 at 03:26 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsmacOSGroff
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete arbitrary files via a crafted document.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-1.20.1-1.21.diff.gzVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/09/1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/10/2Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-254
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