VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-0824

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-05-02
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Primary references