CVE-2012-5660

high

Description

abrt-action-install-debuginfo in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) 2.0.9 and earlier allows local users to set world-writable permissions for arbitrary files and possibly gain privileges via a symlink attack on "the directories used to store information about crashes."

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887866

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0215.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-03-12

Updated: 2023-02-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High