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CVE-2012-5660

Published: Mar 12, 2013 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
6.6 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5660
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Automatic_bug_reporting_toolRedhat*2.0.9 (including)
Automatic_bug_reporting_toolRedhat2.0.0 (including)2.0.0 (including)
Automatic_bug_reporting_toolRedhat2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
Automatic_bug_reporting_toolRedhat2.0.2 (including)2.0.2 (including)
Automatic_bug_reporting_toolRedhat2.0.3 (including)2.0.3 (including)
Automatic_bug_reporting_toolRedhat2.0.4 (including)2.0.4 (including)
Automatic_bug_reporting_toolRedhat2.0.4.980 (including)2.0.4.980 (including)
Automatic_bug_reporting_toolRedhat2.0.4.981 (including)2.0.4.981 (including)
Automatic_bug_reporting_toolRedhat2.0.5 (including)2.0.5 (including)
Automatic_bug_reporting_toolRedhat2.0.6 (including)2.0.6 (including)
Automatic_bug_reporting_toolRedhat2.0.7 (including)2.0.7 (including)
Automatic_bug_reporting_toolRedhat2.0.8 (including)2.0.8 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatabrt-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatlibreport-0:2.0.9-5.el6_3.2*

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