CVE-2006-5072

Summary

CVECVE-2006-5072
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-10-10 04:06:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-20 01:33:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
usn/usn-357-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Patch
Mandriva update for mono - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Mono System.CodeDom.Compiler Class Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Mono "System.CodeDom.Compiler" Insecure Temporary Creation - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
Fedora Core 5 update for mono - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Mono: Insecure temporary file creation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Gentoo update for mono - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Ubuntu update for mono - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
404 Not Found FEDORA fedoranews.org
SUSE update for mono - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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