CVE-2008-5843

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-01-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in pdfjam allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in (1) the current working directory or (2) /var/tmp, related to the (a) pdf90, (b) pdfjoin, and (c) pdfnup scripts.

Affected products

Pdfjam: _nil_

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/28/3
http://secunia.com/advisories/34312
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252734
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://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/28/3
http://secunia.com/advisories/34312
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252734
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00484.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00488.html

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