Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-5377

Title: Apple Cups

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-5377

CWE Category CWE-59

Published Date Dec 08, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 6.9 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.72%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-5377: pstopdf in CUPS 1.3.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/pstopdf.log temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1333.

Impacted Vendors

easy_software_products 1

apple 1

Reference Links

http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7550 http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7550

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.9

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-5377 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7550

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 08, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.