CVE-2013-4472
The openTempFile function in goo/gfile.cc in Xpdf and Poppler 0.24.3 and earlier, when running on a system other than Unix, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names.
Published:Oct 26, 2013
Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
EPS:Apr 22, 2014
EPSS Score:0.0007
CVSS Score:3.3
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Freedesktop
Product
Poppler
Freedesktop
Poppler
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
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
