Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Gentoo package of Xpdf before 3.02-r2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse xpdfrc file in the current working directory, related to an unset SYSTEM_XPDFRC macro in a Gentoo build process that uses the poppler library.
Published: 2009-04-09
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-1145 Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Gentoo package of Xpdf before 3.02-r2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse xpdfrc file in the current working directory, related to an unset SYSTEM_XPDFRC macro in a Gentoo build process that uses the poppler library.
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Foolabs Xpdf
Gentoo Gentoo Linux
Glyphandcog Xpdfreader
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:04:48.239Z

Reserved: 2009-03-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-1144

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Status : Modified

Published: 2009-04-09T15:08:35.687

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-1144

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