CVE-2006-5072

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-5072
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-10-10 04:06:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mono Mono 1.0 All All All
Application Mono Mono 2.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedoranews.org
Mono System.CodeDom.Compiler Class Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Mono "System.CodeDom.Compiler" Insecure Temporary Creation - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Fedora Core 5 update for mono - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
usn/usn-357-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Patch
Ubuntu update for mono - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Mandriva update for mono - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Mono: Insecure temporary file creation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
SUSE update for mono - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo update for mono - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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