The openTempFile function in goo/gfile.cc in Xpdf and Poppler 0.24.3 and earlier, when running on a system other than Unix, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-4472 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of poppler as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | poppler | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | poppler | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | poppler | Not affected |
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