CVE-2009-5082 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in GNU troff (groff) 1.20.1 on Openwall GNU/*/Linux (Owl). The vulnerability arises from improper temporary file creation in the configure and config.guess scripts, allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack. Rated with a CVSS score of 3.3 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P), this vulnerability requires local access and medium attack complexity, with potential impacts on integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.20.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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