CVE-2012-5660
Abrt Action Install Debuginfo Limited Path Education
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."
INFO
Published Date :
March 12, 2013, 11:55 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 13, 2023, 4:37 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
3.4
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description CVE-2012-5660 abrt: Race condition in abrt-action-install-debuginfo 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." Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0215 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5660 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed 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." CVE-2012-5660 abrt: Race condition in abrt-action-install-debuginfo Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0215 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5660 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 19, 2013
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-5660 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-5660
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.05635
percentile