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CVE-2009-5081

LOW · CVSS 3.3 EPSS 0.29%

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-2009-5081
Severity
LOW
CVSS
3.3
EPSS
0.29%

Original NVD Description

The (1) config.guess, (2) contrib/groffer/perl/groffer.pl, and (3) contrib/groffer/perl/roff2.pl scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier use an insufficient number of X characters in the template argument to the tempfile function, which makes it easier for local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0969.