CVE-2005-0824

MEDIUM

mathopd < 1.5p5 and 1.6x < 1.6b6 BETA - Arbitrary File Overwrite via Symlink Attack on Dump Files

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/14524
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mail-archive.com/mathopd%40mathopd.org/msg00272.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 27.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (2)
mathopd/mathopd 1.6
mathopd/mathopd < 1.5
Published May 02, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026