CVE-2013-4472

LowCVSS 3.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The openTempFile function in goo/gfile.cc in Xpdf and Poppler 0.24.3 and earlier, when running on a system other than Unix, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 3.3/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Apr 22, 2014
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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