CVE-2015-7758 — Vulnetix

CVE-2015-7758 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.05% · 15.2th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.05%

15.2th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	gummi	0, 0.6.5-3, 0.6.5-1

Exploit Intelligence

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756432 (circl)
openSUSE-SU-2015:2369 (circl)
FEDORA-2016-e21be93421 (circl)
openSUSE-SU-2016:0574 (circl)
FEDORA-2016-94b0b50351 (circl)
[oss-security] 20151008 Re: CVE request: Gummi (circl)
[oss-security] 20151008 CVE request: Gummi (circl)

Timeline

Jan 8, 2016 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
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May 25, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7758 third-party-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/4 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7758 third-party-advisory

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