CVE-2005-0824 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2005-0824

The internal_dump function in Mathopd before 1.5p5, and 1.6x before...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

mathopd
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.6

Timeline

Official Publish: March 23rd, 2005
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.