4.9
CVSSv2

CVE-2007-6358

Published: 15/12/2007 Updated: 16/11/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 436
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

pdftops.pl prior to 1.20 in alternate pdftops filter allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the pdfin.[PID].tmp temporary file, which is created when pdftops reads a PDF file from stdin, such as when pdftops is invoked by CUPS.

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Vendor Advisories

Wei Wang discovered that the SNMP discovery backend did not correctly calculate the length of strings If a user were tricked into scanning for printers, a remote attacker could send a specially crafted packet and possibly execute arbitrary code ...
Debian Bug report logs - #457453 cupsys: CVE-2007-5849 stack-based buffer overflow leading to code execution in SNMP back-end Package: cupsys; Maintainer for cupsys is (unknown); Reported by: Nico Golde <nion@debianorg> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:33:01 UTC Severity: grave Tags: patch, security Found in versions cupsys/12 ...
Debian Bug report logs - #456960 cupsys: CVE-2007-6358 insecure file handling in pdftops filter script Package: cupsys; Maintainer for cupsys is (unknown); Reported by: Nico Golde <nion@debianorg> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:21:04 UTC Severity: important Tags: security Fixed in version cupsys/135-1 Done: Kenshi Muto &lt ...
Several local vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Common UNIX Printing System The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2007-5849 Wei Wang discovered that an buffer overflow in the SNMP backend may lead to the execution of arbitrary code CVE-2007-6358 Elias Pipping ...