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CVE-2007-5940

Date: November 13, 2007

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.

Severity Score

5.9

Related Resources (9)

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-32.xml

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27737

Url: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198231

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5940

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27739

Url: http://osvdb.org/42397

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3974

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26507

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2007-5940

Severity Score

5.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Link Following

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.9
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.6
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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