CVE-2007-4600 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The "Protect Worksheet" functionality in Mathsoft Mathcad 12 through 13.1, and PTC Mathcad 14, implements file access restrictions via a protection element in a gzipped XML file, which allows attackers to bypass these restrictions by removing this element.

Published: 2007-10-18

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ptc:mathcad:12:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ptc:mathcad:13:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ptc:mathcad:13.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ptc:mathcad:14:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-4582	The "Protect Worksheet" functionality in Mathsoft Mathcad 12 through 13.1, and PTC Mathcad 14, implements file access restrictions via a protection element in a gzipped XML file, which allows attackers to bypass these restrictions by removing this element.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00071.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/43764
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3248
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482341/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37263

History

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Subscriptions

Ptc Mathcad

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-10-18T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:01:09.920Z

Reserved: 2007-08-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-4600

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-10-18T20:17:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-4600

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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