Description
contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete arbitrary files via a crafted document.
Published: 2011-06-30
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-5033 contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete arbitrary files via a crafted document.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:24:54.095Z

Reserved: 2011-06-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-5078

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-06-30T15:55:01.583

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2009-5078

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2009-07-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-5078 - Bugzilla

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