VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-7758
Gummi 0.6.5 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary dot file that uses the name of an existing file and a (1) .aux, (2) .log, (3) .out, (4) .pdf, or (5) .toc extension for the file name, as demonstrated by…
LOW 3.3EPSS 0.39%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Gummi 0.6.5 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary dot file that uses the name of an existing file and a (1) .aux, (2) .log, (3) .out, (4) .pdf, or (5) .toc extension for the file name, as demonstrated by .thesis.tex.aux.
- CVSS 3.0
- 3.3 LOWCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- opensuse/leap · opensuse/opensuse · gummi project/gummi
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178582.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178642.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00117.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00150.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/5
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756432Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178582.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178642.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00117.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00150.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/5
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756432Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.