# CVE-2007-6358: pdftops.pl before 1.20 in alternate pdftops filter allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the pdfin.\[PID\].t

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-12-15 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/28113
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28200
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-563-1
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201042
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-14.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26919
- http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L515
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1437
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28386
- http://osvdb.org/42029
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28139

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