CVE-2015-7758 — Link Following in Gummi
Severity
3.3LOWNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 85.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 8
Latest updateMay 14
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 1.4
Affected Packages5 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
2📋Vendor Advisories
1Debian▶
CVE-2015-7758: gummi - Gummi 0.6.5 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack ...↗2015