VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-1144

CVSS score6.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-04-09
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Gentoo package of Xpdf before 3.02-r2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse xpdfrc file in the current working directory, related to an unset SYSTEM_XPDFRC macro in a Gentoo build process that uses the poppler library.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Primary references