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CVE-2006-5072

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-10-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The System.CodeDom.Compiler classes in Novell Mono create temporary files with insecure permissions, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack.

Affected products

• mono: 1.0, 2.0

References

• http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2401
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22237
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22277
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22614
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23154
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23213
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23776
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-23.xml
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:188
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_73_mono.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20340
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-357-1

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