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CVE-2009-1144

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score
6.9 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-94
EPSS score
0.4% (34th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2009-1145)
Published
April 9, 2009
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1145 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • foolabs / xpdf
  • foolabs / xpdf
  • foolabs / xpdf
  • foolabs / xpdf
  • foolabs / xpdf
  • foolabs / xpdf
  • foolabs / xpdf
  • foolabs / xpdf
  • foolabs / xpdf
  • foolabs / xpdf
  • foolabs / xpdf
  • foolabs / xpdf
  • foolabs / xpdf
  • foolabs / xpdf
  • gentoo / gentoo linux
  • glyphandcog / xpdfreader
  • glyphandcog / xpdfreader
  • glyphandcog / xpdfreader
  • glyphandcog / xpdfreader
  • glyphandcog / xpdfreader
  • glyphandcog / xpdfreader
  • glyphandcog / xpdfreader
  • glyphandcog / xpdfreader
  • glyphandcog / xpdfreader
  • glyphandcog / xpdfreader
  • glyphandcog / xpdfreader
  • glyphandcog / xpdfreader
  • glyphandcog / xpdfreader
  • glyphandcog / xpdfreader
  • glyphandcog / xpdfreader
  • glyphandcog / xpdfreader
  • glyphandcog / xpdfreader
  • glyphandcog / xpdfreader

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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