Vulnerability CVE-2013-4472
Published: 2014-04-22

Description:
The openTempFile function in goo/gfile.cc in Xpdf and Poppler 0.24.3 and earlier, when running on a system other than Unix, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Xpdf and poppler Multiple Vulns (0day)
Pedro
27.10.2013

Type:

CWE-59

 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'))

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.3/10
4.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Freedesktop -> Poppler 

 References:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/183
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/181
http://poppler.freedesktop.org/releases.html
http://osvdb.org/99064
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