Vulnerability CVE-2007-4600
Published: 2007-10-18   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
Mathcad Protect Worksheet Vulnerability
firewraith
18.10.2007

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
PTC -> Mathcad 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3248
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482341/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37263
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