cve/2013/CVE-2013-4472.md

### [CVE-2013-4472](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4472)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/181
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/183

#### Github
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