Medium 6.5Published Jun 30, 2011

CVE-2009-5078contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete arbi…

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contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete arbitrary files via a crafted document.

CVSS: 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness (CWE): CWE-254
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

gnu groff gnu:groff	through 1.20.1; 1.10; 1.11; 1.11a; 1.14; 1.15; 1.16; 1.16.1; and 7 more ranges	NVD
apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	through 10.10.4	NVD

References

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538338
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html	vendor-advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/09/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/10/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36381
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031	vendor-advisory

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