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."

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-5543 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."
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:14:16.355Z

Reserved: 2012-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5660

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-03-12T23:55:01.610

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-5660

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-01-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-5660 - Bugzilla

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