CVE-2009-5078 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Reference

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-1.20.1-1.21.diff.gz http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538338 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/09/1 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/10/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36381 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

LOW

Base Severity

6.5