CVE-2006-5298

Severity

12%

Complexity

19%

Confidentiality

48%

Race Condition occurs between the mktemp and safe_fopen function calls.

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.

Race Condition occurs between the mktemp and safe_fopen function calls.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 1.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

Mutt

First reported 18 years ago

2006-10-16 19:07:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 03:41:00

Affected Software

Mutt 1.5.3

1.5.3

Mutt 1.5.10

1.5.10

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