CVE-2007-4600
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
The "Protect Worksheet" functionality in Mathsoft Mathcad 12 through 13.1, and PTC Mathcad 14, implements file access restrictions via a protection element in a gzipped XML file, which allows attackers to bypass these restrictions by removing this element.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (25th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4582)
- Published
- October 18, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4582 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ptc / mathcad
- ptc / mathcad
- ptc / mathcad
- ptc / mathcad
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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