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CVE-2009-5080

LOW · CVSS 3.3 EPSS 0.36%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2011-06-30 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 3.3. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2009-5080
Severity
LOW
CVSS
3.3
EPSS
0.36%

Original NVD 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.