Unscored CVE-2010-2027 EUVD-2010-2047GHSA-293m-43xj-42h4

Mathematica 7, when running on Linux, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) files within /tmp/MathLin…

Published May 24, 2010 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

Description

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.

References

39805 third-party-advisory
20100514 Mathematica on Linux /tmp/MathLink vulnerability mailing-list
20100514 Mathematica on Linux /tmp/MathLink vulnerability mailing-list