CVE-2006-5072 (GCVE-0-2006-5072)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-10-05 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:32
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The System.CodeDom.Compiler classes in Novell Mono create temporary files with insecure permissions, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
14 references
Date Public
2006-10-04 00:00
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