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CVE-2006-5297

Race condition in the safe_open function in the Mutt mail client 1.5.12 and earlier, when creating temporary files in an

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.

LOW · CVSS 1.2 EPSS 0.00107
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mutt<= 1.5.12
muttall versions

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1.2
LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD16 Oct 2006 · 07:07 PM

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