Vulnerability Report

CVE-2007-4600

Title: Ptc Mathcad

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2007-4600.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Oct 18, 2007

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.32%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2007-4600: 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.

Impacted Vendors

mathsoft 1

ptc 1

Reference Links

http://osvdb.org/43764 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3248 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482341/100/0/threaded https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37263 http://osvdb.org/43764 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3248 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482341/100/0/threaded https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37263

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2007-4600 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 18, 2007 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.