Multiple vulnerabilities in Freedesktop Poppler

Published: 2014-01-26 | Updated: 2020-08-10

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2013-4472 CVE-2013-7296
CWE-ID	CWE-59 CWE-119
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Poppler Client/Desktop applications / Office applications
Vendor	Freedesktop.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Link following

EUVDB-ID: #VU41775

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4472

CWE-ID: CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.

The openTempFile function in goo/gfile.cc in Xpdf and Poppler 0.24.3 and earlier, when running on a system other than Unix, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Poppler: 0.24.0 - 0.24.2

External links

http://osvdb.org/99064
http://poppler.freedesktop.org/releases.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/181
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/183

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU42107

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-7296

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption