CVE catalog

CVE-2009-1144

xpdf: CVE-2009-1144

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Low
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.40% · Oct 27, 2026

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Gentoo package of Xpdf before 3.02-r2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse xpdfrc file in the current working directory, related to an unset SYSTEM_XPDFRC macro in a Gentoo build process that uses the poppler library.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianxpdfsid3.04+git20260802-1not affected
Debianxpdfforky3.04+git20260802-1not affected
Debianxpdftrixie3.04+git20250304-1not affected
Debianxpdfbookworm3.04+git20220601-1not affected

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
DebianxpdfsourcesidNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported
DebianxpdfsourceforkyNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported
DebianxpdfsourcetrixieNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported
DebianxpdfsourcebookwormNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [xpdf]Not affected

    Source package: [xpdf]

    Details (2)
    • 3.04+git20220601-1+b2 · amd64 · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · xpdf · debian · bookworm

    • 3.04+git20220601-1+b2 · arm64 · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · xpdf · debian · bookworm

Observed:

References