CVE-2006-5677: Cluster Resources Torque Resource Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Cluster Resources Torque Resource Manager: up to and including 2.0.0p8

Published 2006-11-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.