CVE-2009-1144
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2009-1144 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2009-04-09 15:08:35 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Gentoo package of Xpdf before 3.02-r2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse xpdfrc file in the current working directory, related to an unset SYSTEM_XPDFRC macro in a Gentoo build process that uses the poppler library. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
CompleteAvailability
CompleteAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Foolabs | Xpdf | 0.5a | All | All | All |
| Application | Foolabs | Xpdf | 0.7a | All | All | All |
| Application | Foolabs | Xpdf | 0.91a | All | All | All |
| Application | Foolabs | Xpdf | 0.91b | All | All | All |
| Application | Foolabs | Xpdf | 0.91c | All | All | All |
| Application | Foolabs | Xpdf | 0.92a | All | All | All |
| Application | Foolabs | Xpdf | 0.92b | All | All | All |
| Application | Foolabs | Xpdf | 0.92c | All | All | All |
| Application | Foolabs | Xpdf | 0.92d | All | All | All |
| Application | Foolabs | Xpdf | 0.92e | All | All | All |
| Application | Foolabs | Xpdf | 0.93a | All | All | All |
| Application | Foolabs | Xpdf | 0.93b | All | All | All |
| Application | Foolabs | Xpdf | 0.93c | All | All | All |
| Application | Foolabs | Xpdf | 1.00a | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Gentoo | Gentoo Linux | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Glyphandcog | Xpdfreader | 0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Glyphandcog | Xpdfreader | 0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Glyphandcog | Xpdfreader | 0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Glyphandcog | Xpdfreader | 0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Glyphandcog | Xpdfreader | 0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Glyphandcog | Xpdfreader | 0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Glyphandcog | Xpdfreader | 0.80 | All | All | All |
| Application | Glyphandcog | Xpdfreader | 0.90 | All | All | All |
| Application | Glyphandcog | Xpdfreader | 0.91 | All | All | All |
| Application | Glyphandcog | Xpdfreader | 0.93 | All | All | All |
| Application | Glyphandcog | Xpdfreader | 1.00 | All | All | All |
| Application | Glyphandcog | Xpdfreader | 1.01 | All | All | All |
| Application | Glyphandcog | Xpdfreader | 2.00 | All | All | All |
| Application | Glyphandcog | Xpdfreader | 2.01 | All | All | All |
| Application | Glyphandcog | Xpdfreader | 2.02 | All | All | All |
| Application | Glyphandcog | Xpdfreader | 2.03 | All | All | All |
| Application | Glyphandcog | Xpdfreader | 3.00 | All | All | All |
| Application | Glyphandcog | Xpdfreader | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| osvdb.org/53529 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | osvdb.org | |
| 504 Gateway Time-out | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Gentoo Bug 200023 - app-text/xpdf-3.02-r1 - /etc/xpdfrc setting are not taking effect | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.gentoo.org | Vendor Advisory |
| Gentoo update for xpdf - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Xpdf: Untrusted search path | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| Gentoo Bug 242930 - <app-text/xpdf-3.02-r2 xpdfrc is read from current directory (CVE-2009-1144) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.gentoo.org | Vendor Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.