CVE-2007-6358
Publication date 15 December 2007
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
pdftops.pl before 1.20 in alternate pdftops filter allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the pdfin.[PID].tmp temporary file, which is created when pdftops reads a PDF file from stdin, such as when pdftops is invoked by CUPS.
Notes
jdstrand
from Debian: NOTE: the debian package is a bit confusing here as it also ships a pdftops NOTE: wrapper script as an example but the original script is installed NOTE: under /usr/lib/cups/filters