VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-5940
feynmf.pl in feynmf 1.08, as used in TeXLive 2007, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the feynmf$$.pl temporary file.
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.40%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
feynmf.pl in feynmf 1.08, as used in TeXLive 2007, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the feynmf$$.pl temporary file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 34th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- tug/texlive 2007
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198231
- http://osvdb.org/42397
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27737
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27739
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-32.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26507
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3974
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198231
- http://osvdb.org/42397
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27737
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27739
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-32.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26507
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3974
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.