CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-7037

4.4 MEDIUM Published 2007-02-23 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2007-02-23
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Mathcad 12 through 13.1 allows local users to bypass the security features by directly accessing or editing the XML representation of the worksheet with a text editor or other program, which allows attackers to (1) bypass password protection by replacing the password field with a hash of a known password, (2) modify timestamps to avoid detection of modifications, (3) remove locks by removing the "is-locked" attribute, and (4) view locked data, which is stored in plaintext.

Affected configurations

• mathsoft mathcad 12 • mathsoft mathcad 13 • mathsoft mathcad 13.1

References