CVE-2006-5677

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2006-11-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

resmom/start_exec.c in pbs_mom in TORQUE Resource Manager 2.0.0p8 and earlier allows local users to create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) a job output file in /usr/spool/PBS/spool and possibly (2) a job file in /usr/spool/PBS/mom_priv/jobs.

Affected products

Cluster Resources Torque Resource Manager: through 2.0.0p8

References

http://csirt.fe.up.pt/docs/TORQUE-audit.pdf
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-14.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1820
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449248/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20632
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4651
http://csirt.fe.up.pt/docs/TORQUE-audit.pdf
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-14.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1820
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449248/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20632
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4651

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