CVE-2015-7758

low

Published 2016-01-08 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

3.3

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

3.3

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

34%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 3 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
42.1	Affected	—
13.2	Affected	—
13.1	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`0.6.5-6`
sid	Fixed	`0.6.5-6`
forky	Fixed	`0.6.5-6`
bullseye	Fixed	`0.6.5-6`
bookworm	Fixed	`0.6.5-6`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
gummi_project	gummi	`0.6.5`

References

CWEs

CWE-59

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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