CVE-2015-7758

low-risk
Published 2016-01-08

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.05% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 3.3/10 Low
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Gummi

Affected Vendors

Gummi Project Opensuse

References (14)

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
Vendor Advisory 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
Vendor Advisory https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756432
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low-risk
Severity 13/34 · Low
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 10/34 · Low