VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-5660
abrt-action-install-debuginfo in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) 2.0.9 and earlier allows local users to set world-writable permissions for arbitrary files and possibly gain privileges via a symlink attack on "the directories used to store…
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.31%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
abrt-action-install-debuginfo in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) 2.0.9 and earlier allows local users to set world-writable permissions for arbitrary files and possibly gain privileges via a symlink attack on "the directories used to store information about crashes."
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.31% probability · 24th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264, CWE-362
- Affected
- redhat/automatic bug reporting tool
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/libreport.git/commit/?id=3bbf961b1884dd32654dd39b360dd78ef294b10aExploit, Patch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0215.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887866
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/libreport.git/commit/?id=3bbf961b1884dd32654dd39b360dd78ef294b10aExploit, Patch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0215.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887866
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.