CVE-2008-5743

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-12-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

pdfjam creates the (1) pdf90, (2) pdfjoin, and (3) pdfnup files with a predictable name, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Affected products

Pdfjam: _nil_

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/33278
http://secunia.com/advisories/34312
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/19/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32931
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459031
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47519
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00484.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00488.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33278
http://secunia.com/advisories/34312
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/19/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32931

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