CVE-2007-5940

CVSS V2 Medium 4.6 CVSS V3 None

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2007-5940

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2007-11-13T23:46:00

Last Modified Date
2011-03-08T03:01:32

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-59	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive_2007::::::::	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.6

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
6.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198231
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-32.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26507
http://secunia.com/advisories/27737
http://secunia.com/advisories/27739
http://osvdb.org/42397
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3974

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5940
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5940

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 11:02:08				Added to TrackCVE