Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2009-5078

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.

  • Published: Jun 30, 2011
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2009-5078
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.4
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
gnu / groff 1.16.1 1.16.1.x
gnu / groff 1.16 1.16.x
gnu / groff 1.19.2 1.19.2.x
gnu / groff 1.18.1 1.18.1.x
gnu / groff 1.11a 1.11a.x
gnu / groff - 1.20.1.x
gnu / groff 1.19.1 1.19.1.x
gnu / groff 1.20 1.20.x
gnu / groff 1.19 1.19.x
gnu / groff 1.14 1.14.x
gnu / groff 1.17.2 1.17.2.x
gnu / groff 1.10 1.10.x
gnu / groff 1.17.1 1.17.1.x
gnu / groff 1.11 1.11.x
gnu / groff 1.15 1.15.x
apple / mac_os_x - 10.10.4.x