CVE-2015-7758

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Low 3.3
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-7758
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-01-08T19:59:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-30T16:27:35
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gummi_project:gummi:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 3.3
  • Base Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/4
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756432 Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/08/5
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00117.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178642.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178582.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00150.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7758
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7758
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:56:00 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 07:49:51 2016-01-08T19:59Z 2016-01-08T19:59:09 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 07:49:51 2018-10-30T16:27:35 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 07:49:51 Modified Vulnerability Status updated