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CVE-2005-0824

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2005-05-02 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Mathopd Mathopd

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References