CVE-2009-1962

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 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: 2009-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

Xfig, possibly 3.2.5, allows local users to read and write arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) xfig-eps[PID], (2) xfig-pic[PID].pix, (3) xfig-pic[PID].err, (4) xfig-pcx[PID].pix, (5) xfig-xfigrc[PID], (6) xfig[PID], (7) xfig-print[PID], (8) xfig-export[PID].err, (9) xfig-batch[PID], (10) xfig-exp[PID], or (11) xfig-spell.[PID] temporary files, where [PID] is a process ID.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 4.0, 5.0
Xfig: 3.2.5

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/35320
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:244
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34328
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49600
http://secunia.com/advisories/35320
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:244
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34328
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49600

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