CVE-2006-5297

no score yetEPSS 0.4%

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.

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 30% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2006-10-16
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

mutt:mutt

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

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