CVE-2009-5044 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2009-5044?

CVE-2009-5044 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 24 Jun 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a pdf#####.tmp temporary file.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-5044?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Gnu Groff.

How do I fix CVE-2009-5044?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2009-5044 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-5044 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5044, GHSA-f2wq-wrc8-9j57.