CVE-2007-6358

MediumCVSS 4.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

pdftops.pl before 1.20 in alternate pdftops filter allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the pdfin.[PID].tmp temporary file, which is created when pdftops reads a PDF file from stdin, such as when pdftops is invoked by CUPS.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.9/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://osvdb.org/42029
http://secunia.com/advisories/28113Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28139Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28200Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28386Vendor Advisory
http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L515
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1437
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-14.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26919
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-563-1
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201042Exploit
http://osvdb.org/42029
http://secunia.com/advisories/28113Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28139Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28200Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28386Vendor Advisory
http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L515
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1437
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-14.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26919
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-563-1
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201042Exploit

Timeline

Published: Dec 15, 2007
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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