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CVE-2010-2027 (GCVE-0-2010-2027)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-05-24 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 02:17
VLAI
Summary
Mathematica 7, when running on Linux, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) files within /tmp/MathLink/ or (2) /tmp/fonts$$.conf.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511298/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=12738025520… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Date Public
2010-05-14 00:00
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