{"cve":"CVE-2006-5297","nvd":{"published":"2006-10-16T19:07:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:30:55.173","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"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"],"products":["mutt:mutt"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:43:14.363260067+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-5297","score":0.00362,"percentile":0.30055,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}