CVE-2008-5299

N/A Unknown

Published: December 01, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

chm2pdf 0.9 allows user-assisted local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on .chm files in the (1) /tmp/chm2pdf/work or (2) /tmp/chm2pdf/orig temporary directories.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501959

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053501.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053510.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/32257

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/43109

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31735

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0236

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45813

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501959