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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2008-5843

Modified

Source-cve@mitre.org

Published At-05 Jan, 2009 | 20:30

Updated At-20 Mar, 2009 | 05:52

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.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	2.0	4.6	MEDIUM	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 4.6

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CPE Matches

pdfjam>>pdfjam>>_nil_

cpe:2.3:a:pdfjam:pdfjam:_nil_:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

CWE ID: NVD-CWE-Other

Type: Primary

Source: nvd@nist.gov

References

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