CVE-2007-4600

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

Publication date:

18/10/2007

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

The "Protect Worksheet" functionality in Mathsoft Mathcad 12 through 13.1, and PTC Mathcad 14, implements file access restrictions via a protection element in a gzipped XML file, which allows attackers to bypass these restrictions by removing this element.

Impact

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0

4.60

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ptc:mathcad:12:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ptc:mathcad:13:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ptc:mathcad:13.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ptc:mathcad:14:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ptc:mathcad:12:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ptc:mathcad:13:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ptc:mathcad:13.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:ptc:mathcad:14:::::::*

CVE-2007-4600

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools