CVE-2009-5078

MEDIUM

GNU Groff < 1.20.1 - Security Feature Bypass

Title source: rule

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.

References (7)

[Patch] ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-1.20.1-1.21.diff.gz

[Issue Tracking] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538338

[Vendor Advisory] http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36381

[Mailing List] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/09/1

[Mailing List] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/10/2

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0132

EPSS Percentile 79.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Classification

CWE

CWE-254

Status draft

Affected Products (16)

gnu/groff

gnu/groff < 1.20.1

gnu/groff

... and 1 more

Timeline

Published Jun 30, 2011

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026