fkie_cve-2009-5078
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2011-06-30 15:55
Modified
2025-04-11 00:51
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu groff *
gnu groff 1.10
gnu groff 1.11
gnu groff 1.11a
gnu groff 1.14
gnu groff 1.15
gnu groff 1.16
gnu groff 1.16.1
gnu groff 1.17.1
gnu groff 1.17.2
gnu groff 1.18.1
gnu groff 1.19
gnu groff 1.19.1
gnu groff 1.19.2
gnu groff 1.20
apple mac_os_x *



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