CVE-2012-5660
N/A
Published: March 12, 2013 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:47 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAutomatic Bug Reporting Tool
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
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."
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/libreport.git/commit/?id=3bbf961b1884dd32654dd39b360dd78ef294b10aVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0215.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264CWE-362
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