CVE-2015-7758

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-59 Link Following

Publication date:

08/01/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.30 LOW
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

3.30

Severity 3.x

LOW

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

2.10

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:gummi_project:gummi:0.6.5:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:gummi_project:gummi:0.6.5:::::::*

CVE-2015-7758

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools