6.9

CVE-2009-1144: foolabs xpdf Code Injection

CVSS: 6.9v2.0MediumModified
Published 09-04-2009Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-1144 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) Code Injection vulnerability in foolabs xpdf. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.9/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.40%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 09-04-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

33%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.40% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Foolabs1 product
  • xpdf0.5a | 0.7a | 0.91a | 0.91b | 0.91c | 0.92a | 0.92b | 0.92c | 0.92d | 0.92e | 0.93a | 0.93b | 0.93c | 1.00a
Glyphandcog1 product
  • xpdfreader≤ 3.02 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 0.91 | 0.93 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 2.00 | 2.01 | 2.02 | 2.03 | 3.00

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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