{"cve":"CVE-2006-5298","nvd":{"published":"2006-10-16T19:07:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:30:55.320","status":"Modified","description":"The mutt_adv_mktemp function in the Mutt mail client 1.5.12 and earlier does not properly verify that temporary files have been created with restricted permissions, which might allow local users to create files with weak permissions via a race condition between the mktemp and safe_fopen function calls.","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-2006-5298","score":0.00299,"percentile":0.2263,"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."]}