CVE-2008-5151: Abottoms Mayavi

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

test_parser.py in mayavi 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/err.log temporary file.

Affected products

• Abottoms Mayavi: version 1.5 only

Published 2008-11-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.