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CVE-2006-5298

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
16/10/2006
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 1.20 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
1.20
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.5.12 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:0.95.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.2.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.2.5.12_ol:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mutt:mutt:1.3.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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