CVE-2009-5044

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CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

0.37%

Published

Jun 24, 2011

Modified

Apr 28, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit

All weaponized →

No public PoC or exploit code indexed for this CVE.

Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.

Description

contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a pdf#####.tmp temporary file.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

Affected Products (16)

apple · mac_os_xvulnerable

gnu · groffvulnerable

References (20)

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

Patch

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538330

http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff

Patch

http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff.diff?r1=1.1%3Br2=1.2%3Bf=h

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/09/1

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/10/2

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/4

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/5

http://secunia.com/advisories/44999

Vendor Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:085

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:086

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36381

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031

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

Patch

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538330

http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff

Patch

http://cvsweb.openwall.com/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/Owl/packages/groff/groff-1.20.1-owl-tmp.diff.diff?r1=1.1%3Br2=1.2%3Bf=h

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/09/1

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