CVSS 3.0
3.3 lowCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NCVE-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 .thesis.tex.aux.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 33% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-59
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- gummi_project:gummi
- opensuse:leap
- opensuse:opensuse
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