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CVE-2015-5273

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Date: December 7, 2015

The abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) before 2.7.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unpacked.cpio in a pre-created directory with a predictable name in /var/tmp.

Language: C

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Related Resources (10)

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172809.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/01/1
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2505.html
https://github.com/abrt/abrt/commit/50ee8130fb4cd4ef1af7682a2c85dd99cb99424e
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78113
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5273
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262252
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5273
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-5273

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CWE-59

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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