CVE-2005-0824

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The internal_dump function in Mathopd before 1.5p5, and 1.6x before 1.6b6 BETA, when Mathopd is running with the -n option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on dump files that are triggered by a SIGWINCH signal.

Affected products

Mathopd: before 1.5; 1.6 — fixed in 1.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mathopd 1.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/14524
http://www.mail-archive.com/mathopd%40mathopd.org/msg00272.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/14524
http://www.mail-archive.com/mathopd%40mathopd.org/msg00272.html

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