CVE-2012-5660 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-5660

abrt-action-install-debuginfo in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) 2.0.9 and earlier...

Vulnerability 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."

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

automatic bug reporting tool
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.4.980, 2.0.4.981, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.0.7, 2.0.8

Timeline

Official Publish: March 12th, 2013
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.