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
Published Apr 9, 2009
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.40%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.5a
- 0.7a
- 0.91a
- 0.91b
- 0.91c
- 0.92a
- 0.92b
- 0.92c
- 0.92d
- 0.92e
- 0.93a
- 0.93b
- 0.93c
- 1.00a
- ≤ 3.02
- 0.2
- 0.3
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.6
- 0.7
- 0.80
- 0.90
- 0.91
- 0.93
- 1.00
- 1.01
- 2.00
- 2.01
- 2.02
- 2.03
- 3.00
Running on/with
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 | 0.40% (0.00400) | 31.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00400) | 31.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00090) | 23.58th | 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 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200023 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=242930 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/53529 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34610 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-07.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34401 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200023 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=242930 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://osvdb.org/53529 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34610 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-07.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34401 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Change history (0)
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