42029 : Alternate pdftops Filter for CUPS pdfin.[PID].tmp Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite
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(Description Provided by CVE) : pdftops.pl before 1.20 in alternate pdftops filter allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the pdfin.[PID].tmp temporary file, which is created when pdftops reads a PDF file from stdin, such as when pdftops is invoked by CUPS.

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