CVE-2009-5078
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD
contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete arbitrary files via a crafted document.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.5 (v3.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-254
- EPSS score
- 2.3% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-5033)
- Published
- June 30, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-5033 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
- gnu / groff
- gnu / groff
- gnu / groff
- gnu / groff
- gnu / groff
- gnu / groff
- gnu / groff
- gnu / groff
- gnu / groff
- gnu / groff
- gnu / groff
- gnu / groff
- gnu / groff
- gnu / groff
- gnu / groff
Certified products that may be affected
2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Apple Mac OS X 10.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0536-2010 - archived
- Apple Mac OS X v10.3.6 and Apple Mac OS X Server V10.3.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0086-2005 - archived
References
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-1.20.1-1.21.diff.gz(Patch)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538338
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/09/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/10/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36381
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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