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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-01-08T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:58:59.962Z

Reserved: 2015-10-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-7758

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-01-08T19:59:09.163

Modified: 2018-10-30T16:27:35.843

Link: CVE-2015-7758

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