CVE-2005-0824

MEDIUM

5.5

Description

The internal_dump function in Mathopd before 1.5p5, and 1.6x before 1.6b6 BETA, when Mathopd is running with the -n option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on dump files that are triggered by a SIGWINCH signal.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.5

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published5/2/2005

Last Modified4/16/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

mathopd:mathopd

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/14524(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.mail-archive.com/mathopd%40mathopd.org/msg00272.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/14524(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.mail-archive.com/mathopd%40mathopd.org/msg00272.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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