CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-5298

1.2 LOW Published 2006-10-16 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2006-10-16
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
1.2 LOW — AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.

Affected configurations

• mutt mutt (<= 1.5.12) • mutt mutt 0.95.6 • mutt mutt 1.2.1 • mutt mutt 1.2.5 • mutt mutt 1.2.5.1 • mutt mutt 1.2.5.4 • mutt mutt 1.2.5.5 • mutt mutt 1.2.5.12 • mutt mutt 1.2.5.12 ol • mutt mutt 1.3.12 • mutt mutt 1.3.12.1 • mutt mutt 1.3.16 • mutt mutt 1.3.17 • mutt mutt 1.3.22 • mutt mutt 1.3.24 • mutt mutt 1.3.25 • mutt mutt 1.3.27 • mutt mutt 1.3.28 • mutt mutt 1.4.0 • mutt mutt 1.4.1 • mutt mutt 1.4.2 • mutt mutt 1.4.2.1 • mutt mutt 1.5.3 • mutt mutt 1.5.10

References