Vulnerability CVE-2007-6358
Published: 2007-12-14   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10
6.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Complete
None
Affected software
Glyph and cog -> Pdftops 

 References:
http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L515
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1437
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-14.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26919
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-563-1
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201042
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