CVE-2008-5843
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in pdfjam allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in (1) the current working directory or (2) /var/tmp, related to the (a) pdf90, (b) pdfjoin, and (c) pdfnup scripts.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 0.3% (28th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5813)
- Published
- January 5, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5813 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pdfjam / pdfjam
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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