CVE-2006-5677

medium

Description

resmom/start_exec.c in pbs_mom in TORQUE Resource Manager 2.0.0p8 and earlier allows local users to create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) a job output file in /usr/spool/PBS/spool and possibly (2) a job file in /usr/spool/PBS/mom_priv/jobs.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4651

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20632

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449248/100/200/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1820

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-14.xml

http://csirt.fe.up.pt/docs/TORQUE-audit.pdf

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-11-03

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00054