CVE-2009-2461 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

mathtex.cgi in mathTeX, when downloaded before 20090713, does not securely create temporary files, which has unspecified impact and local attack vectors.

Published: 2009-07-14

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:forkosh:mathtex::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:forkosh:mathtex:1.00:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:forkosh:mathtex:1.01:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-2456	mathtex.cgi in mathTeX, when downloaded before 20090713, does not securely create temporary files, which has unspecified impact and local attack vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0006.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/5d56d3d744351578
http://secunia.com/advisories/35816
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-010.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504919/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1875
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51797

History

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Subscriptions

Forkosh Mathtex

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-07-14T20:16:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:52:14.911Z

Reserved: 2009-07-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2461

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-07-14T20:30:00.500

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

Link: CVE-2009-2461

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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