3.3

CVE-2009-5080: gnu groff Link Following

CVSS: 3.3v2.0LowModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2009-5080DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5080
Published 30-06-2011Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-5080 is a low (CVSS 3.3) Link Following vulnerability in gnu groff. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
13/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.3/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.36%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10031-1

Timeline

  1. 30-06-2011
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The (1) contrib/eqn2graph/eqn2graph.sh, (2) contrib/grap2graph/grap2graph.sh, and (3) contrib/pic2graph/pic2graph.sh scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier do not properly handle certain failed attempts to create temporary directories, which might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in a temporary directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1296.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

28%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.36% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.36%

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

Debian1 product
  • groff< 1.20.1-5
Gnu1 product
  • groff≤ 1.21 | 1.10 | 1.11 | 1.11a | 1.14 | 1.15 | 1.16 | 1.16.1 | 1.17.1 | 1.17.2 | 1.18.1 | 1.19 | 1.19.1 | 1.19.2 | 1.20 | 1.20.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • groffAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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