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CVE-2006-5298

CVE information

Published

17 years ago

Last Modified

7 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

Impact Analysis

Description

The mutt_adv_mktemp function in the Mutt mail client 1.5.12 and earlier does not properly verify that temporary files have been created with restricted permissions, which might allow local users to create files with weak permissions via a race condition between the mktemp and safe_fopen function calls..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Low
Base Score
1.2/10
Exploit Score
1.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:0.95.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.2.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.2.5.12_ol:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -