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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 22, 2014· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2013-4472

CVE-2013-4472

Description

The openTempFile function in goo/gfile.cc in Xpdf and Poppler 0.24.3 and earlier, when running on a system other than Unix, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names.

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Affected products

6
  • Xorg/Poppler5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.24.3
    • cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.24.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.24.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.24.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <=0.24.3
  • Xpdf/Xpdfllm-fuzzy

Patches

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References

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