CVE-2015-7758

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    CVE-2015-7758

    Published: 8 Jan 2016Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756432, 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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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