CVE-2008-5377

medium

Description

pstopdf in CUPS 1.3.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/pstopdf.log temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1333.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7550

http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-12-08

Updated: 2017-09-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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