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CVE-2006-5298

• Severity: low (CVSS 1.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-10-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The mutt_adv_mktemp function in the Mutt mail client 1.5.12 and earlier does not properly verify that temporary files have been created with restricted permissions, which might allow local users to create files with weak permissions via a race condition between the mktemp and safe_fopen function calls.

Affected products

• mutt: through 1.5.12; 0.95.6, 1.2.1, 1.2.5, 1.2.5.1, 1.2.5.4, 1.2.5.5 (+17)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=mutt-dev&m=115999486426292&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22613
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22640
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22685
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22686
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:190
• http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-373-1
• http://marc.info/?l=mutt-dev&m=115999486426292&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22613
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22640
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22685

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