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    CVE-2006-5297

    Race condition in the safe_open function in the Mutt mail client 1.5.12 and earlier, when creating temporary files in an NFS filesystem, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files due to limitations of the use of the O_EXCL flag on NFS filesystems.

    Published:Oct 4, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Oct 16, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.00107
    CVSS Score:1.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mutt
    Product
    Mutt
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-43864 (CVSS 2.5) — mutt before 2.3.2 has a show_sig_summary NULL pointer dereference.…
    CVE-2026-43863 (CVSS 3.7) — mutt before 2.3.2 has an infinite loop in data_object_to_stream in crypt-gpgme.c.…
    CVE-2026-43862 (CVSS 3.7) — In mutt before 2.3.2, the imap_auth_gss security level is mishandled.…
    CVE-2026-43861 (CVSS 3.7) — mutt before 2.3.2 does not check for '\0' in url_pct_decode.…
    CVE-2026-43860 (CVSS 3.7) — mutt before 2.3.2 sometimes truncates the hash_passwd by one byte for IMAP auth_cram MD5 digest.…
    CVE-2026-43859 (CVSS 3.7) — mutt before 2.3.2 sometimes uses strfcpy instead of memcpy for the IMAP auth_cram MD5 digest.…
    CVE-2024-49394 (CVSS 5.3) — In mutt and neomutt the In-Reply-To email header field is not protected by cryptographic signing which allows …
    CVE-2024-49395 (CVSS 5.3) — In mutt and neomutt, PGP encryption does not use the --hidden-recipient mode which may leak the Bcc email head…
    CVE-2024-49393 (CVSS 6.5) — In neomutt and mutt, the To and Cc email headers are not validated by cryptographic signing which allows an at…
    CVE-2023-4874 (CVSS 4.3) — Null pointer dereference when viewing a specially crafted email in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12…

    References

    http://marc.info/?l=mutt-dev&m=115999486426292&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22613
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22640
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22685
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22686
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25529
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:190
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20733
    http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-373-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4176
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10601
    http://marc.info/?l=mutt-dev&m=115999486426292&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22613
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22640
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22685
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22686
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25529
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:190
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20733
    http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-373-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4176
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10601

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High