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Doro PDF Writer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA10438
Release Date: 2003-12-16
Last Update: 2004-01-20
Popularity: 6,941 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Doro PDF Writer 1.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Ramon Kukla has reported a privilege escalation vulnerability in Doro PDF Writer, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to escalate their privileges.

The problem is that Doro runs with system privileges and allows users to open files with these privileges during the print dialog.

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