CVE-2007-5940

EPSS 0.04%

Published: 11/13/2007Modified: 4/28/2026

Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5940

Description

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 packages (2)

Debian/feynmffrom 0, < 1.08-1
Debian/texlive-binfrom 0, < 2005.dfsg.2-1

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5940