CVE-2007-5940

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-5940
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-11-13 23:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionfeynmf.pl in feynmf 1.08, as used in TeXLive 2007, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the feynmf$$.pl temporary file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tug Texlive 2007 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
feynmf Insecure Temporary File Creation - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo update for feynmf - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
osvdb.org/42397 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Gentoo Bug 198231 - dev-tex/feynmf < 1.08-r2 Insecure temporary file creation (CVE-2007-5940) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
feynmf feynmf.pl Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Feynmf: Insecure temporary file creation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
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