CVE-2007-5940

Impact

feynmf.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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198231
• http://osvdb.org/42397
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27737
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27739
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-32.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26507
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3974
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198231
• http://osvdb.org/42397
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27737
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27739
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-32.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26507
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3974