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CVE-2009-5080

LOW CVSS: 3.3 Published: 2011-06-30 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Gnu Groff

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References