CVE-2013-4472
EPSS 0.06%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2013-4472
No fixed version has been published yet. Mitigate by removing the affected package or applying upstream guidance from the references below.
- Debian/poppler—no fix listed
- Debian/xpdf—no fix listed
Is CVE-2013-4472 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
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