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    CVE-2009-1144

    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
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Apr 9, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.0009
    CVSS Score:6.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Foolabs
    Product
    Xpdf
    Vendor
    Gentoo
    Product
    Gentoo Linux
    Vendor
    Glyphandcog
    Product
    Xpdfreader

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High