pdfjam Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in pdfjam. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-5843. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in pdfjam (the affected version is unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in pdfjam allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in (1) the current working directory or (2) /var/tmp, related to the (a) pdf90, (b) pdfjoin, and (c) pdfnup scripts.

The weakness was published 01/05/2009 with SuSE (Website). The advisory is available at redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-5843 since 01/05/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 36287 (Fedora 10 : pdfjam-1.21-1.fc10 (2009-2651)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116293 (Fedora Update for pdfjam (FEDORA-2009-2655,FEDORA-2009-2651)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47776), Tenable (36287), SecurityFocus (BID 32931†), Secunia (SA34312†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-21286†). Similar entry is available at VDB-45673. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 36287
Nessus Name: Fedora 10 : pdfjam-1.21-1.fc10 (2009-2651)
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OpenVAS ID: 63589
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-2651 (pdfjam)
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12/19/2008 🔍
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01/05/2009 +17 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2192 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Organization: SuSE
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-5843 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5843
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45770
X-Force: 47776
SecurityFocus: 32931 - PDFjam Multiple Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34312 - Fedora update for pdfjam, Less Critical
Vulnerability Center: 21286 - PDFjam 1.20 Untrusted Search Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 04:11 PM
Updated: 08/03/2021 11:42 PM
Changes: 03/17/2015 04:11 PM (57), 05/03/2019 11:17 AM (13), 08/03/2021 11:42 PM (2)
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