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CVE-2006-5297

LOW CVSS: 1.2 Published: 2006-10-16 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Race condition in the safe_open function in the Mutt mail client 1.5.12 and earlier, when creating temporary files in an NFS filesystem, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files due to limitations of the use of the O_EXCL flag on NFS filesystems.

Affected Platforms

Mutt Mutt

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References