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

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.

Affected products

Mathopd/Mathopd2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:mathopd:mathopd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mathopd:mathopd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.5
- cpe:2.3:a:mathopd:mathopd:1.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

secunia.com/advisories/14524nvdBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
www.mail-archive.com/mathopd%40mathopd.org/msg00272.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory

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