CVE-2012-5660
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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."
Find out more about CVE-2012-5660 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (abrt) | RHSA-2013:0215 | 2013-01-31 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Martin Carpenter of Citco for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation