CVE-2008-5299

Description

chm2pdf 0.9 allows user-assisted local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on .chm files in the (1) /tmp/chm2pdf/work or (2) /tmp/chm2pdf/orig temporary directories.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45813

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0236

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31735

http://secunia.com/advisories/43109

http://secunia.com/advisories/32257

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053510.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053501.html

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501959

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3