CVE-2015-7758
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7758
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-7758.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-7758
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-01-08T19:59:09Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 3.3 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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
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- 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