CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-7758

3.3 LOW Published 2016-01-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-01-08
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
3.3 LOW — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-59

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.

Affected configurations

• opensuse leap 42.1 • opensuse opensuse 13.1 • opensuse opensuse 13.2 • gummi project gummi 0.6.5

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References