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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-0824

CVE-2005-0824

Description

The internal_dump function in Mathopd before 1.5p5, and 1.6x before 1.6b6 BETA, when Mathopd is running with the -n option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on dump files that are triggered by a SIGWINCH signal.

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Affected products

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  • Mathopd/Mathopd3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:mathopd:mathopd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mathopd:mathopd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.5
    • cpe:2.3:a:mathopd:mathopd:1.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <1.5p5, <1.6b6 BETA

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