What is CVE-2005-0824?

CVE-2005-0824 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mathopd, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2005-05-02.

How severe is CVE-2005-0824?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mathopd

CVE-2005-0824

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (28.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Mathopd — versions 1.6
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-0824?: CVE-2005-0824 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mathopd, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2005-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2005-0824?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.