CVE-2009-5078

MITRE NVD CVE.ORG JSON API Print: PDF PDF

Summary

CVECVE-2009-5078
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-06-30 15:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptioncontrib/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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Problem Types: CWE-254 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
2.0[email protected]Primary6.4AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.10 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.11 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.11a All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.14 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.15 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.16 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.16.1 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.17.1 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.17.2 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.18.1 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.19 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.19.1 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.19.2 All All All
Application Gnu Groff 1.20 All All All
Application Gnu Groff All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE id request: groff (pdfroff) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE id request: groff (pdfroff) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2 OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Vendor Advisory
About the security content of OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Vendor Advisory
GNU Troff pdfroff Insecure Temporary File Creation and Arbitrary File Access Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
#538338 - groff: pdfroff invokes gs insecurely (without -dSAFER) - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-1.20.1-1.21.diff.gz af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.gnu.org Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report