Vulnerability CVE-2009-1144 - CERT Civis.Net

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2009-1144 (CCN-49731)

Assigned:

2009-04-07

Published:

2009-04-07

Updated:

2019-03-06

Summary:

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.

CVSS v3 Severity:

5.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

6.9 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
5.1 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

4.4 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
3.2 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Medium Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Privileges

References:

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200023

Source: CCN
Type: Gentoo Bugzilla Bug 242930
app-text/xpdf-3.02-r2 xpdfrc is read from current directory (CVE-2009-1144)

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=242930

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2009-1144

Source: OSVDB
Type: UNKNOWN
53529

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
34610

Source: GENTOO
Type: UNKNOWN
GLSA-200904-07

Source: CCN
Type: Xpdf Web page
Xpdf

Source: CCN
Type: GLSA 200904-07
Xpdf: Untrusted search path

Source: CCN
Type: GLSA-200904-07
Xpdf: Untrusted search path

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 53529
Xpdf in Gentoo poppler Library Search Path Subversion Local Privilege Escalation

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
34401

Source: CCN
Type: BID-34401
Xpdf Search Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
xpdf-xpdfrc-code-execution(49731)

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:foolabs:xpdf:0.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:foolabs:xpdf:0.7a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:foolabs:xpdf:0.91a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:foolabs:xpdf:0.91b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:foolabs:xpdf:0.91c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:foolabs:xpdf:0.92a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:foolabs:xpdf:0.92b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:foolabs:xpdf:0.92c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:foolabs:xpdf:0.92d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:foolabs:xpdf:0.92e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:foolabs:xpdf:0.93a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:foolabs:xpdf:0.93b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:foolabs:xpdf:0.93c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:foolabs:xpdf:1.00a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:2.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:2.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:3.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 3.02)

AND

cpe:/o:gentoo:gentoo_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable