Vulnerability CVE-2008-5843
Published: 2009-01-05   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-Other

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Pdfjam -> Pdfjam 

 References:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00488.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00484.html
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252734
http://secunia.com/advisories/34312
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/28/3
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