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
Published Dec 15, 2007
4.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.47%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.1.19rc1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 2.1, 3, 4 and 5 do not ship with the alternate pdftops.pl CUPS printing filter that is affected by this flaw.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.47% (0.00467) | 38.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.47% (0.00467) | 36.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 16.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (14)
- http://osvdb.org/42029 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28113 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28139 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28200 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28386 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L515 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1437 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-14.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26919 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-563-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6358 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201042 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6358
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6358
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