CVE-2006-5298
LOW · CVSS 1.2EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- EPSS score
- 0.3% (23th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5283)
- Published
- October 16, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5283 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mutt / mutt
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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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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