Vulnerability in Forkosh Mathtex
CVE-2009-2461
mathtex.cgi in mathTeX, when downloaded before 20090713, does not securely create temporary files, which has unspecified impact and local attack vectors.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Forkosh Mathtex — versions 1.00, 1.01
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1875 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504919/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/35816 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-010.html
- groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/5d56d3d744351578
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51797 (vdb-entry)