VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2006-5297
CVSS score1.2 NONE
EPSS probability0.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-10-16
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Description
Race condition in the safe_open function in the Mutt mail client 1.5.12 and earlier, when creating temporary files in an NFS filesystem, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files due to limitations of the use of the O_EXCL flag on NFS filesystems.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other