CVE-2008-5843 Information

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.

Reference

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