Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2009-5078 First vendor Publication 2011-06-30
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2016-03-30

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Overall CVSS Score 6.5
Base Score 6.5 Environmental Score 6.5
impact SubScore 2.5 Temporal Score 6.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 3.9
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Low Availability Impact Low
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.4 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 4.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-5078

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-254 Security Features

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2
Application 16
Os 102

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
74382 GNU troff contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh Ghostscript Launch Arbitrary File Manipu...

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2015-08-20 IAVM : 2015-A-0199 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in Apple Mac OS X
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0061337

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-08-17 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes multiple security vul...
File : macosx_10_10_5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-10-27 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201310-14.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
APPLE http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36381
CONFIRM ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-1.20.1-1.21.diff.gz
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538338
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
MLIST http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/09/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/10/2

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