CVE-2009-1144 json
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Gentoo package of Xpdf before 3.02-r2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse x…
published 2009-04-09 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-1145
- cvss
- 6.9
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction
0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
References
-
security.gentoo.org
/glsa/glsa-200904-07.xml
vendor-advisory
-
secunia.com
/advisories/34610
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
-
bugs.gentoo.org
/show_bug.cgi?id=200023
vendor-advisory
-
bugs.gentoo.org
/show_bug.cgi?id=242930
vendor-advisory
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/34401
vdb-entry
-
osvdb.org
/53529
vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2009-1144
- NVD CVE-2009-1144
Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.