3.3

CVE-2009-5081: gnu groff Link Following

CVSS: 3.3v2.0LowModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2009-5081
Published 30-06-2011Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-5081 is a low (CVSS 3.3) Link Following vulnerability in gnu groff. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20.8% 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
0.29%
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) config.guess, (2) contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl, and (3) contrib/groffer/perl/roff2.pl scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier use an insufficient number of X characters in the template argument to the tempfile function, which makes it easier for local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0969.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

21%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.29% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.29%

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

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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