4.9

CVE-2007-6358: glyph_and_cog pdftops

CVSS: 4.9v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2007-6358
Published 15-12-2007Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-6358 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) vulnerability in glyph_and_cog pdftops. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.9/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.47%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-1437-1

Timeline

  1. 15-12-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.47% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.47%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.gentoo.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • cups< 1.3.5-1
Glyph_and_cog1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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