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CVE-2010-2027

Mathematica 7, when running on Linux, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a...

1.9 Low

Mathematica 7, when running on Linux, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) files within /tmp/MathLink/ or (2) /tmp/fonts$$.conf.

Exploit likelihood

0.32%Down 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 1.9

Mathematica 7, when running on Linux, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) files within /tmp/MathLink/ or (2) /tmp/fonts$$.conf.

Record
CVE-2010-2027
CVSS 2.0
1.9 LowAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Mathematica 7, when running on Linux, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) files within /tmp/MathLink/ or (2) /tmp/fonts$$.conf.

Record
CVE-2010-2027
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-2047 No score

Mathematica 7, when running on Linux, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) files within /tmp/MathLink/ or (2) /tmp/fonts$$.conf.

Record
EUVD-2010-2047
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-293m-43xj-42h4 No score

Mathematica 7, when running on Linux, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a...

Mathematica 7, when running on Linux, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) files within /tmp/MathLink/ or (2) /tmp/fonts$$.conf.

Record
GHSA-293m-43xj-42h4
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2010-2027 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 1.9) in Wolfram Research Mathematica, published May 24, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 24th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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